ELEVATIONS 

 

Grain elevators are icons of western farming.  These skyscrapers of small farming towns all across the Great Plains are visible for miles.  Even in the mountain towns of Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho they serve as dominant landmarks for travelers.  I find the mix of light and shadow on their structural forms to be irresistible subjects for photographs. Printed with a sepia tone, the forms often take on a soothing, almost sensual glow. 

 

A longer written introduction to this series of photos can be found by clicking here. 

 

This is the complete portfolio that appears in Lenswork magazine issue 75.  Seventeen of these images were published in the print version.  All 58 images appear in the extended version on DVD.  Brooks Jensen, the editor of Lenswork, interviewed me for the DVD.  If you have a mp3 file plugin on your web browser, you can listen to that audio interview by going here. 

 

Elevations is also currently a traveling exhibit. In 2009 it appeared at the Wichita Art Museum in Wichita, KS and the Center for Contemporary Arts in Abilene TX. A book of selected images from the traveling exhibit is available at my web store. 

 

 

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