The titular Sam Birk of Sam’s Service Station poses for a portrait inside the store. Sam has been a Morrison resident since birth. Having been raised in the Shobe-Morrison House, a historical house from the origins of the town in 1828. Birk worked at John Deere before buying the gas station in July of 1989 and selling it this past June. Only a few months into retirement, Sam decided to go back to working twice a week under the new owners, the Millers. “Morrison means everything to me. I’ve spent my lifetime here.”
Missouri Engineering Ph.D. student Jaweed Nazary poses for a portrait on Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, at Lafferre Hall in Columbia, Mo.
Lee Zweerick, 7, poses for a portrait under a Betsy Fogle campaign sign on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Springfield, Mo. Zweerink says he dressed up "because my Dad told me to."
Dr. Vovanti Jones smiles as she looks at the growing trees in her backyard on Friday, Feb. 9, 2024, in Columbia, MO. Dr. Jones is an assistant professor and physical medicine and rehabilitation doctor within the University of Missouri Health Care system. She has Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy, a rare muscle disorder, but that hasn’t stopped her from achieving her medical dreams.
A self-portrait from my second capstone project, “From the Courtroom to the Newsroom”. …. I stand in front of a projection of a contact sheet from Dorothea Lange’s essay on a public defender in 1950s Oakland. The portrait aims to be the convergence of my life in photo and public defense. What was once a scary thought about changing careers, I now realize is just two sides of the same coin. Both industries are a public good and public service, often being checks on the systems so engrained in our society.
Dive Bar owner Karen Geotz poses for a portrait on Friday, March 8, 2024, in Columbia, Mo.
St. Louis Post Dispatch staff photojournalist stands for a portrait in front of the paper's headquarters.
The members of the band the Tri-County Liquidators pose for portrait in Columbia, Mo..
Michelle Laprade, left, and Cecili Bugge, right, pose for a portrait after the Au Sable Canoe Marathon time trail on Thursday, July 25, 2024, in Grayling, Mich. The duo posed the best time trial for an all-female team and finished 22nd out of 100 teams in the 120 mile long marathon race.
Colin and Rachel O'Donnell pose for a portrait announcing their pregnancy on Saturday, March 9, 2024, in Olathe, Ks.
Kevin, Jill and Clara Mae Garrison (2) pose for a family portrait during a maternity shoot on Sunday, June 18, 2023, in Liberty, Mo.
Brianna Dolan shows off her engagement ring on the back of her fiance, Nick Adamczyk on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023, in Lake Zurich, Il.
Two young Sporting Kansas City fans pose for a photo on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021, in Kansas City, Ks.
Brigid Hollins, 8, poses in the mirror held by cousin Nora Wharton, 9, on Friday, March 1, 2024, in Columbia, Mo. The two were waiting for the annual March March to begin. The march is mix of colorful costumes and personalities that kicks off the annual True/False film festival.
Michigan State Senator Kristen McDonald-Rivet (D) speaks during a "Rally for Reproductive Rights" on Sunday, June 23, 2024, in Midland, Mich. McDonald-Rivet is the leading candidate in Michigan's 8th Congressional district open seat, after the retirement of Rep. Dan Kildee.
