Torsten Kjellstrand works as a staff photojournalist at in Portland, Ore. Previously, he worked for two much smaller newspapers, The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Wash., and at The Herald, in Jasper, Ind. Two years ago, the whole family lived for a year in Palo Alto while Torsten was a John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University. Torsten was the 53rd Newspaper Photographer of the Year while on a staff of two working with John Rumbach at The Herald.