Sam Morris

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Photos: Remembering snowstorms in Las Vegas offers retreat from the heat: Friday, Aug. 26, 2011; This week’s record-high temperatures might make some Las Vegans consider moving to colder climes where snow is more common than 110-degree heat waves. But Las Vegas does get the cold stuff from time to time.
Sam Morris - The photography compulsion: Monday, Dec. 21, 2009; I wouldn’t say taking photos is a compulsion, but sometimes it does seems as if I can’t help myself. Even though a photo may never be displayed anywhere other than my computer, if I see something that catches my eye, I have to shoot it.
Housekeeper finds two dead in apparent murder-suicide: Monday, Sept. 14, 2009; Metro Police said a housekeeper found two people in their mid-20s dead this afternoon in an apparent murder-suicide in the south Las Vegas Valley. The shooting likely happened late Friday or early Saturday, police said. Police Sgt. William Scott said a woman was found shot to death on a couch downstairs, then a man was found dead upstairs.
Joy Prom: Dancing the night away: Wednesday, May 20, 2009; It was a Vegas-style, first-class evening for 250 mentally and developmentally disabled Nevadans on May 8 at Joy Prom.
Sights Unseen: Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009; Opposites attract. Sometimes, in going over a year’s work, one finds unexpected relationships between seemingly opposite photographs.
Getting down, for tradition: Saturday, April 26, 2008; “It’s a tradition. We’re supporting the team and adding enthusiasm.”
Look, watch, learn — batter up!: Friday, March 28, 2008; “You can observe a lot by just watching,” Yankees legend — and master of the malaprop — Yogi Berra once said. And what holds true in the majors is equally true at other levels of the game.
Baseball on the brain: Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008; Sorry, Tennyson, but in the United States, a young man's thoughts turn to baseball in spring.
They hear no evil, but hustle to spot it: Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008; Scream all you want, sports fans, but you’re not going to get to the officials. At least not Emma Major-Hassinger.
They warmed to soccer, soccer players: Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008; A playoff should be enough reason for someone to attend a sporting event.
But in high school, there may be something else that helps get a guy to stand around for a couple hours in near-freezing weather.

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Convention security tight, but polite: Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008; ST. PAUL, Minn. — Threatened by hotel security with eviction if I shot (photos) or interviewed anyone else in the hotel.
Surprise: Clinton carrying Paris Las Vegas, 2 to 1: Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008
The Elko numbers: Friday, Jan. 18, 2008

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Sam Morris is an Iowa native who made his way to Las Vegas 11 years ago after beginning his career as a freelance photographer in San Francisco. It was in San Francisco that he met his fabulous wife and started a family that grew to include three delightful girls. While he doesn't prefer to shoot one subject over another (he's still surprised people pay him to take photos), he tries to find the quirky, humorous, subtle or graphic in what he covers.