Steve Nagy has been a photographer with the News-Democrat since 1999. He is a 1995 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with an undergraduate degree in journalism. He has won multiple National Press Photographers awards and Associated Press awards including AP Picture of the Year for Kentucky in 1998. Prior to shooting for the News-Democrat, he worked in Paducah, Ky., Dubuque, Iowa and Columbus, Ohio. His hobbies include cooking and music.
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Troy Caldwell of St. Louis tries to hang on to his sign while the wind and traffic blow by Thursday. Caldwell was holding an advertisement for Value City department store in Collinsville while the wind was gusting to thirty miles per hour. The rain had let up, but Caldwell said he had to hold the sign for a total of five hours and this photo was taken only two hours into his shift.
