Sam Gray Edmond

By Sam Edmond | 15 August 2021 A picture is worth a thousand words. Or so the saying goes. Photography’s ability to tell a coherent story is a topic that has been explored across time and genres for as long as the medium’s existence. Sam Edmond reassesses this age-old adage at a time of iPhones, deep fakes, and climate justice. In 1948, at the age of only 30-years-old, photojournalist W. Eugene Smith produced a series of images for Life magazine titled, Country Doctor.

To the editor: Oklahoma State Police Department recently went through a rigorous process to prove that their organization is up to par with Oklahoma Association of Chiefs of Police standards. I was fortunate enough to be an intern during this time, helping rebuild files that help prove that they meet these policies. The department has gone through this process several times before and was the first agency in Oklahoma to have earned the title of accredited agency.