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  • Soldiers of Afghanistan warlord Kamal Khan occupy and hide inside the governor's mansion in Khost, Afghanistan. warlords
  • The Marjorie Powell Allen Chapel at Powell Gardens in January, 2013.
  • Kansas City Dance Festival.
  • Mezzo-soprano, Samantha Gossard
  • Portrait of opera singer, Joyce DiDonato
  • Kansas City actress, Katie Karel inside the Green Lady Lounge.
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  • John O’Brien painstakingly renovated the legendary Golden Ox restaurant. The table to the left under the stairs he calls “his mafia table.” O’Brien says, “I can see anyone walk into the restaurant without me being seen.”
  • 2012 Fall Fashion tab for The Kansas City Star.
  • Portrait of artist Stephen Proski inside his studio at his midtown home.
  • Portrait of director, Turner Baietto.
  • Portrait of Cheptoo Kositany-Buckner, Director Of American Jazz Museum.
  • Portrait of Kansas City Art Institute President, Tony Jones.
  • Up to two million people attended and got a slight glimpse President Barack Obama's Inauguration.
  • Fall Fashion Tab for The Kansas City Star Magazine inside of Genessee Royale Bistro.
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  • Kerry Zavagnin (left) of the Kansas City Wizards nearly took a kick to the face from Carlos Llamosa of D.C. United.
  • Laura Jones of Quixotic models for The Kansas City Star, Spring Fashion tab
  • Eleven-year-old Cody Solomon of Grain Valley splashes down in a puddle of mud during a mud volleyball tournament.
  • Chris Hearl of Blue Valley High School competes in the 100 yard butterfly.
  • Simplicity prevails in a Amish community in Stanberry, MO.
  • Kansas City Dance Festival.
  • Carole Brown will sleep in the open air near her cabin in the Flint Hills of Matfield Green, KS.
  • The demolition derby at the Miami County Fair is the number one draw compared to the rodeo which last two days.
  • Mag Interview portrait of Jimmy Nielson, goalie for Sporting Kansas City.
  • Five year old Muhammed was caught in the middle of crossfire where he suffered burns along with gunshot wounds near Nasiriyah. Out of a family of 15, only Muhammed along with his younger sister and father survived.
  • A policeman at a checkpoint suspends a flower from his AK-47 outside the entrance of a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan.
  • Jason Rowe of Chicago performed a motorcycle stunt in the Flat Out freestyle show in downtown Kansas City.
  • Carole Brown will sleep in the open air near her cabin in the Flint Hills of Matfield Green, KS.
  • Kansas City Star 2011 Fall Fashion tab.
  • Fall Fashion tab for The Kansas City Star.
  • Fall Fashion tab for The Kansas City Star.
  • Troy DeMoss of Shawnee Mission East High School competes in the 100 yard backstroke.
  • Monique Maes participates at Studio 150, a job training program to teach job skills using art as a medium.
  • Kansas City Art Institute sculpture students Bri Chesler (left to right) and Joel Mersmann take a break from mid-term critiques in front of an untitled mechanical sculpture by fellow sculpture student Jake Wiens in October, 2009. Wiens sculpture was based on his thesis project {quote}real but not real.{quote}
  • Two Afghan men take a nap at the Hagi Yaqub crossroad in the Shahar-e-naw district of Kabul, Afghanistan.
  • A few thousand Afghans surrounded resigned province mayor, Mullah Taj Mohammad as he tries to rally them for their support of province representative in Afghanistan’s Loya Jirga.
  • Fall Fashion Tab for The Kansas City Star.
  • Portrait of musical artist Tech N9ne
  • Random effervescent moment with my beautiful wife and child.
  • Photo of the staircase inside the Brandmeyer Great Hall at the Kauffman Center for Performing Arts.
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  • Brian Carroll (left) of D.C. United holds onto Kurt Morsink of the Kansas City Wizards.
  • Aleks Maric (left) of Nebraska plays battleball with Sasha Kaun (right) of Kansas.
  • Penn State played against California in the NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship in Kansas City. Penn State teammates Deja McClendon (left to right) Katie Slay and Kristen Carpenter celebrate after winning the championship.
  • An Iraqi woman in Ad Diwaniyah walks past a former Iraqi military complex in April, 2003.
  • Over 200 soldiers who fought against the Taliban voluntarily disarmed themselves at the request of the Afghan Ministry of Defense in 2002.
  • Marines of the 1st Marine Division joined soldiers from the 82nd Airborne for Easter mass in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq.
  • Hiromi Baldwin (left) looks upon TBI survivor Tammie Drake as she struggles with vertigo.
  • The Wyandotte County Fair hosted one night of demolition on July 29th. A driver can invest anywhere from 500 to $10,000 on a car. It's not a total loss on a junked car when if a driver can save the parts on one car and use it on another. {quote}Anybody that thinks they're making any money is probably mistaken,{quote} according to Jack Teegarden who's been derbian for nearly 30 years and isn't sure how many derby cars he presently owns.
  • Girls prepare for auditions at the Westport Ballet School.
  • A partly completed Mongolian yurt offered refuge for an outdoor class for students at the Kansas City Art Institute.
  • Fall Fashion tab for The Kansas City Star.
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  • Kevin Kane (45) of Kansas gets a face full from Kansas State lineman Greg Wafford (top) while trying to tackle Kansas State QB Allan Evridge.
  • Missouri running back Tony Temple takes a shot from Byron Garvin of Kansas State during a rain soaked gameday.
  • Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals dodges a pitch close to his head in the 9th inning with bases loaded.
  • Tremaine Townsend of Northridge (center) is surrounded by Memphis teammates Shawn Taggart (left to right) Robert Dozier during the NCAA Tournament.
  • Mary Golden of brought her flag to a counter rally in favor of enforcing immigration laws.
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  • Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne looks for possible direct fire targets against paramilitaries in the city Samawah. The city contains pro Saddam paramilitary forces that have been attacking coalition supply lines in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
  • Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne run for skud bunkers at Champion Main Kuwait during a missile attack in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
  • A broken marker illustrates Bahgdad is 354 miles away for soldiers of the 82nd airborne. While the place they call home is several thousand.
  • Missouri safety William Moore talks to the media during Big 12 Conference Football Media Days.
  • Tour of Missouri speeds down the streets in Columbia, MO.
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  • Iraqis wave to soldiers of the 82nd Airborne during a sandstorm en route to Baghdad.
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  • Cinco de Mayo parade in Kansas City.
  • Spc. Brad Hall pauses to find words as he writes a letter home to his fiancee from Kuwait. {quote}I've been waiting for her third letter{quote} adding {quote}it must be stuck somewhere.{quote}
  • Missouri QB Chase Daniel gerts tackled by Oklahoma teammates Auston English (left) and Quinton Carter (right) during the Big 12 Championship.
  • Bryan Berg puts together a house of cards sculpture at Wyandotte County fair.
  • Walkers pass through the Brush Creek walkway during Kansas City Heart Walk.
  • President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama share a dance at the The Midwestern Ball during his inauguration.
  • Life goes on as normal in Islamabad, Pakistan although the threat of war against neighboring India.
  • An Afghan woman bearing a burka walks through the bombed out village of Shorbazar, which is the old city of Kabul. Although the city is mostly unliveable, Afghans reside in the old village that was bombed as recently in 1998.
  • Joshua Moore of Kansas State deflects a possible a touchdown reception from Kenny Britt (top) of Rutgers in the Texas Bowl
  • Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing (5) tries to escape from John Houlik (bottom left) and the rest of The Kansas State defense.
  • Martin Rucker (top right) of Missouri makes a touchdown reception against Kyle Williams of Kansas State.
  • Ayo Saba of Kansas State shows his emotions on Senior Day.
  • Chase Coffman of Missouri makes a fingertip reception.
  • Jeron Mastrud (top) of Kansas State gets sandwiched between Louisville teammates Nate Harris (left) and Gavin Smart
  • James Johnson of Kansas State runs through Demetrius Jones of San Jose State.
  • Chris Harris of Kansas tackles Kenny Lewis Jr. of Virginia Tech in the 2008 Orange Bowl.
  • Portrait of Nascar driver Clint Bowyer at the Kansas Speedway.
  • Terrence Oglesby (right) of Clemson gets mugged by Michigan teammates C.J. Lee (left) and Manny Harris (right) during the mens NCAA Tournament.
  • Jermaine {quote}Itchy{quote} Bolden (left) Morgan State tries to keep the ball away from Oklahoma teammates Blake Griffin (center) and Omar Leary during the NCAA Tournament.
  • An Afghan father shares ice cream with his two children from a ice cream parlor in Kabul, Afghanistan.
  • School children and pedestrians walk through the bombed out district of Kart-e-seh in Kabul, Afghanistan.
  • Afghan women walk past a bike rental stand as daily life continues in the Cinema Pamee area of Kabul, Afghanistan.
  • Missouri wide receiver Jeremy Maclin (left) is slowed down by Justin Thornton of Kansas.
  • Marcus Henry of Kansas completes a 42 yard pass reception against Andre Jones (left) of Nebraska.
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  • Two young boys exhibit their fabric to potential customers at the Mandai Street bizarre in Kabul, Afghanistan.
  • Portrait of Trisha Tataryn on her Weston, MO., farm.
  • A soldier of Afghan warlord Mohammed Mustafa sits on guard for Mustafa from inside his compound in Khost, Afghanistan.
  • Zanghul Pacha, a commander for Khost, Afghanistan warlord Kamal Khan who occupies the governor's mansion, hams it up for the camera.
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