Photograph by LINDA THOMPSON/Missoulian
Missoulian photographer Linda Thompson had a confession to make yesterday: She wasn’t so sure she even liked going to the Western Montana Fair when she began a weeklong assignment to shoot portraits of fairgoers.
Now, she’s sweet on the fair. Kind of sentimental about it, in fact. Even a little sappy about [...]
Photograph by LINDA THOMPSON/Missoulian
We’re taking readers on a drive this Sunday in the Missoulian, kind of like those Sunday drives your parents were always taking when you were a child.
This Sunday, though, our guides will be the Flathead Valley’s HIP group, as in History is Posh.
These kindly folks took photographer Linda Thompson and reporter [...]
Photo by LINDA THOMPSON/Missoulian
My son’s first two-syllable word was “tractor.” He watched them, hour after hour, at our home in Moscow, Idaho, where we lived surrounded by in-town wheat fields. He begged us to take him to the John Deere dealership and the Latah County Fair, where he would spend hours admiring all the [...]
Barry Webb and a friend at the Polson Senior Citizens Center LINDA THOMPSON/Missoulian
Coming this Sunday in the Missoulian is a story sure to warm, and break, your heart.
You’ll meet Barry Webb, a fixture – and joy – of life in Polson for more than 60 years. As told by reporter Vince Devlin and photographer [...]
Kira Means, 14, takes a break after an afternoon of recording at Club Shmed Studio last Sunday. LINDA THOMPSON/Missoulian
Two incredible young women grace the cover of Friday’s Entertainer. Their stories will make you feel good. Theirs are the kind of stories we love sharing with Missoulian readers.
Both young women are singers. Both have voices [...]
With his cruiserweight championship fight against Carlos De Leon in 1980 playing on the big screen behind him, Marvin Camel autographs photographs of himself during his boxing days that he later gave away in between bouts. KURT WILSON/Missoulian
We’ve got an awesome Sunday newspaper coming your way, with stories that will surprise you, tug at [...]
Missoulian photographers’ favorite photos of 2009
Every year, I look forward to one look back: the Missoulian photographers’ collection of favorite photos from the past 12 months, displayed as a collage in our newspaper (and here) and as an audio slideshow online.
They are beautiful photographs, of course, incredible really. Funny, tender, chest-thumping, heartbreaking, in turn. [...]
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