Noted Star photographer dies at 34

INDIANAPOLIS -- A 34-year-old Indianapolis Star photographer died Monday evening after he collapsed at the newspaper's downtown office.\nMpozi Mshale Tolbert, an award-winning photographer, joined The Star in November 1998, the newspaper reported Tuesday.\nThe Philadelphia native, who stood 6 feet 6 inches tall with waist-long dreadlocks, was known for bringing humanity to his images.\n"Everything he shot had heart," said fellow Star photographer Bob Scheer. "It really had a soul to it."\nNewspaper staff said the cause of Tolbert's death was still being investigated.\nAn avid downhill bicyclist, Tolbert was also a fixture at a Broad Ripple club where he worked as a DJ.\nHe began his career in high school, later publishing photos in The City Paper, the Philadelphia Gay News and The Tribune.\nHe won two Keystone Awards from the Pennsylvania Press Association for a photo essay on the AIDS quilt and for an image about housing discrimination.\nTolbert also shot photos for the premier album of the acclaimed Philadelphia-based hip-hop group The Roots. He can be heard as a background voice on the band's "Do You Want More?!!!??!" album.\nTolbert is survived by his mother, father, stepmother and four siblings.