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"Don't go for the easy story. Find something that challenges you, that scares you."
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Matt Fry and Crystal Cannon started dating August 6, 2004. Matt, then a junior, was 18, and Crystal, then a sophomore, 15. They were your typical high school puppy-love couple. The flirts, the looks and the attraction were obvious among their peers, parents and teachers. Two souls had found a life with each other.

Mid-September 2004, after approximately six-weeks of dating, they took their relationship to the next level in an inadvertent and unexpected direction.

Seven pounds ten ounces later Matt Fry Jr. was born June 16, 2005. Unlike most teen pregnancies the Fry's joined in holy matrimony at the First Baptist Church on O'Dell Street July 30, 2005. Their wedding was simple. Rings were purchased from Wal-Mart and their honeymoon at the Comfort Inn in Marshall. "I told people if I ever got someone pregnant I'm gonna stay with them," Matt said. "I'm not the type to run off, that's just mean. I'm gonna be there for my son."

Since, the balancing act of a teen marriage, high school life, and raising a son is one that has been exhausting but joyful for the Fry's. This is their story. This is their life.

Photographs from the 56th Missouri Photo Workshop are available available online through the Year-by-Year page, or through the MPW.56 homepage

History of the Missouri Photo Workshop

The roots of the Missouri Photo Workshop are embedded firmly in a half-century of rich tradition; current workshops carry on principals present from the beginning.

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When the late Clifton C. Edom of the Missouri School of Journalism founded the Missouri Photo Workshop in 1949, he too, looked to the past to map the path for photojournalism's future. Inspired by the gritty, content-rich photographs of the documentary photo unit of the pre-WWII Farm Security Administration, Edom promoted research, observation and timing as the methods to make strong story-telling photographs. FSA director Roy Stryker and photographer Russell Lee worked closely with Edom in the creation of the Workshop and served as faculty members during its early years.

In subsequent years, faculty members have been many of America’s leading newspaper and magazine photographers and photo editors; a roster of faculty and students reads like a Who’s Who of photojournalism. Faculty of today includes some of the most energetic, productive and articulate documentarians currently working. All are experts dedicated to passing on the fundamentals of photo research, shooting and editing to those who hope to carry on these values and techniques in the future.

The workshop still follows Cliff Edom's credo:

"Show truth with a camera. Ideally truth is a matter of personal integrity. In no circumstances will a posed or fake photograph be tolerated."

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