Mike Simons
Staff Photographer
I held certain beliefs before I met Magenia Parish.
I believed that a child could never be homeless and alone. I thought there were too many safeguards in place. ...
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Residents in Moore, Ok. were told they would be allowed to get back to salvage what they could of their homes at 3:00 pm Wednesday. As I arrived at the intersection of ...
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On May 3,1999 I was in my mid twenties, and was sent to Moore to cover the tornado that devastated the town. I was young, slept in my car along with fellow staff photographer(and ...
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I've written in this space before about my new 'old love' of shooting film with cheap plastic cameras - known as toy cameras in the photo world.
I recently got ...
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I don't usually root for the teams I cover. Whether it be OU, OSU whatever, it isn't my job to root for a team. When I photograph a sporting event, I honestly don't care ...
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While walking to an assignment in the Brookside area today, I saw a vacant lot. It caught my attention because real estate is at such a premium in the area that it seems ...
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Mourners came together to remember Nate Waters on Thursday. The weather was cold, rainy and pretty miserable. But, as I spoke with people who walked from Bartlett Square ...
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I've done many police ride alongs in my time as a photojournalist. Most of the time the police department sends us out with a veteran officer. The conversation is usually ...
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