Stephen Thornton is a Little Rock, Arkansas based photojournalist who has worked for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas' largest paper since 1993. Thornton was born and raised in St. Joseph, Missouri but graduated from Western Kentucky University in 1991 with a degree in photojournalism. He counts it an incredible blessing to be paid to perform a job that he loves every day. He lives in central Arkansas with his wife and four amazing children.