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  • As a child my family would take long trips each summer to visit relatives, either in Texas for my Father’s side or the Mid-west for my Mom’s. I’d sit in that back seat staring out the window as we rolled down the two lane, watching out the window as the world unfolded before my eyes, always curious for what was around the next bend. The America a cross-country traveler encounters today is as changed as that young boy in that back seat. •<br />
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Having worked in the documentary tradition for most of my career, I began this project with the intention of telling a story about America’s heartland. As the country underwent the transition from the boom of the late nineties to the post 9-11 years, and the economic collapse to follow, I too was going through my own personal period of transition. The photographs reflect a search for my own soul as well a search for the soul of the heartland. Over time I came to realize the story I was telling was as much my own as it was the heartland’s. •<br />
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The earliest pictures in this body of work were made near my hometown in Arkansas. Over the course of several years I began visiting places throughout the country that have deeply personal connections for me; my mother’s birthplace in Ohio, the lake cabin I spent summers in my youth. Some locations were chosen for their iconic American names such as Dodge City and Paris Texas. Others were discovered randomly, in the course of travel. •<br />
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I’ve always believed in the power of photography as a rich and robust language, in the poetry of images. I began to think of this work as a visual folk song, a folk lament. I borrowed the title from a Woody Guthrie song that seemed to fit. From Here On.
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  • As a child my family would take long trips each summer to visit relatives, either in Texas for my Father’s side or the Mid-west for my Mom’s. I’d sit in that back seat staring out the window as we rolled down the two lane, watching out the window as the world unfolded before my eyes, always curious for what was around the next bend. The America a cross-country traveler encounters today is as changed as that young boy in that back seat. •<br />
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Having worked in the documentary tradition for most of my career, I began this project with the intention of telling a story about America’s heartland. As the country underwent the transition from the boom of the late nineties to the post 9-11 years, and the economic collapse to follow, I too was going through my own personal period of transition. The photographs reflect a search for my own soul as well a search for the soul of the heartland. Over time I came to realize the story I was telling was as much my own as it was the heartland’s. •<br />
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The earliest pictures in this body of work were made near my hometown in Arkansas. Over the course of several years I began visiting places throughout the country that have deeply personal connections for me; my mother’s birthplace in Ohio, the lake cabin I spent summers in my youth. Some locations were chosen for their iconic American names such as Dodge City and Paris Texas. Others were discovered randomly, in the course of travel. •<br />
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I’ve always believed in the power of photography as a rich and robust language, in the poetry of images. I began to think of this work as a visual folk song, a folk lament. I borrowed the title from a Woody Guthrie song that seemed to fit. From Here On.
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  • As a child my family would take long trips each summer to visit relatives, either in Texas for my Father’s side or the Mid-west for my Mom’s. I’d sit in that back seat staring out the window as we rolled down the two lane, watching out the window as the world unfolded before my eyes, always curious for what was around the next bend. The America a cross-country traveler encounters today is as changed as that young boy in that back seat. •<br />
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Having worked in the documentary tradition for most of my career, I began this project with the intention of telling a story about America’s heartland. As the country underwent the transition from the boom of the late nineties to the post 9-11 years, and the economic collapse to follow, I too was going through my own personal period of transition. The photographs reflect a search for my own soul as well a search for the soul of the heartland. Over time I came to realize the story I was telling was as much my own as it was the heartland’s. •<br />
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The earliest pictures in this body of work were made near my hometown in Arkansas. Over the course of several years I began visiting places throughout the country that have deeply personal connections for me; my mother’s birthplace in Ohio, the lake cabin I spent summers in my youth. Some locations were chosen for their iconic American names such as Dodge City and Paris Texas. Others were discovered randomly, in the course of travel. •<br />
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I’ve always believed in the power of photography as a rich and robust language, in the poetry of images. I began to think of this work as a visual folk song, a folk lament. I borrowed the title from a Woody Guthrie song that seemed to fit. From Here On.
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  • As a child my family would take long trips each summer to visit relatives, either in Texas for my Father’s side or the Mid-west for my Mom’s. I’d sit in that back seat staring out the window as we rolled down the two lane, watching out the window as the world unfolded before my eyes, always curious for what was around the next bend. The America a cross-country traveler encounters today is as changed as that young boy in that back seat. •<br />
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Having worked in the documentary tradition for most of my career, I began this project with the intention of telling a story about America’s heartland. As the country underwent the transition from the boom of the late nineties to the post 9-11 years, and the economic collapse to follow, I too was going through my own personal period of transition. The photographs reflect a search for my own soul as well a search for the soul of the heartland. Over time I came to realize the story I was telling was as much my own as it was the heartland’s. •<br />
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The earliest pictures in this body of work were made near my hometown in Arkansas. Over the course of several years I began visiting places throughout the country that have deeply personal connections for me; my mother’s birthplace in Ohio, the lake cabin I spent summers in my youth. Some locations were chosen for their iconic American names such as Dodge City and Paris Texas. Others were discovered randomly, in the course of travel. •<br />
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I’ve always believed in the power of photography as a rich and robust language, in the poetry of images. I began to think of this work as a visual folk song, a folk lament. I borrowed the title from a Woody Guthrie song that seemed to fit. From Here On.
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  • As a child my family would take long trips each summer to visit relatives, either in Texas for my Father’s side or the Mid-west for my Mom’s. I’d sit in that back seat staring out the window as we rolled down the two lane, watching out the window as the world unfolded before my eyes, always curious for what was around the next bend. The America a cross-country traveler encounters today is as changed as that young boy in that back seat. •<br />
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Having worked in the documentary tradition for most of my career, I began this project with the intention of telling a story about America’s heartland. As the country underwent the transition from the boom of the late nineties to the post 9-11 years, and the economic collapse to follow, I too was going through my own personal period of transition. The photographs reflect a search for my own soul as well a search for the soul of the heartland. Over time I came to realize the story I was telling was as much my own as it was the heartland’s. •<br />
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The earliest pictures in this body of work were made near my hometown in Arkansas. Over the course of several years I began visiting places throughout the country that have deeply personal connections for me; my mother’s birthplace in Ohio, the lake cabin I spent summers in my youth. Some locations were chosen for their iconic American names such as Dodge City and Paris Texas. Others were discovered randomly, in the course of travel. •<br />
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I’ve always believed in the power of photography as a rich and robust language, in the poetry of images. I began to think of this work as a visual folk song, a folk lament. I borrowed the title from a Woody Guthrie song that seemed to fit. From Here On.
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  • Abandoned Cotton Gin, SE Arkansas. <br />
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As a child my family would take long trips each summer to visit relatives, either in Texas for my Father’s side or the Mid-west for my Mom’s. I’d sit in that back seat staring out the window as we rolled down the two lane, watching out the window as the world unfolded before my eyes, always curious for what was around the next bend. The America a cross-country traveler encounters today is as changed as that young boy in that back seat. •<br />
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Having worked in the documentary tradition for most of my career, I began this project with the intention of telling a story about America’s heartland. As the country underwent the transition from the boom of the late nineties to the post 9-11 years, and the economic collapse to follow, I too was going through my own personal period of transition. The photographs reflect a search for my own soul as well a search for the soul of the heartland. Over time I came to realize the story I was telling was as much my own as it was the heartland’s. •<br />
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The earliest pictures in this body of work were made near my hometown in Arkansas. Over the course of several years I began visiting places throughout the country that have deeply personal connections for me; my mother’s birthplace in Ohio, the lake cabin I spent summers in my youth. Some locations were chosen for their iconic American names such as Dodge City and Paris Texas. Others were discovered randomly, in the course of travel. •<br />
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I’ve always believed in the power of photography as a rich and robust language, in the poetry of images. I began to think of this work as a visual folk song, a folk lament. I borrowed the title from a Woody Guthrie song that seemed to fit. From Here On.
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  • As a child my family would take long trips each summer to visit relatives, either in Texas for my Father’s side or the Mid-west for my Mom’s. I’d sit in that back seat staring out the window as we rolled down the two lane, watching out the window as the world unfolded before my eyes, always curious for what was around the next bend. The America a cross-country traveler encounters today is as changed as that young boy in that back seat. •<br />
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Having worked in the documentary tradition for most of my career, I began this project with the intention of telling a story about America’s heartland. As the country underwent the transition from the boom of the late nineties to the post 9-11 years, and the economic collapse to follow, I too was going through my own personal period of transition. The photographs reflect a search for my own soul as well a search for the soul of the heartland. Over time I came to realize the story I was telling was as much my own as it was the heartland’s. •<br />
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The earliest pictures in this body of work were made near my hometown in Arkansas. Over the course of several years I began visiting places throughout the country that have deeply personal connections for me; my mother’s birthplace in Ohio, the lake cabin I spent summers in my youth. Some locations were chosen for their iconic American names such as Dodge City and Paris Texas. Others were discovered randomly, in the course of travel. •<br />
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I’ve always believed in the power of photography as a rich and robust language, in the poetry of images. I began to think of this work as a visual folk song, a folk lament. I borrowed the title from a Woody Guthrie song that seemed to fit. From Here On.
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  • As a child my family would take long trips each summer to visit relatives, either in Texas for my Father’s side or the Mid-west for my Mom’s. I’d sit in that back seat staring out the window as we rolled down the two lane, watching out the window as the world unfolded before my eyes, always curious for what was around the next bend. The America a cross-country traveler encounters today is as changed as that young boy in that back seat. •<br />
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Having worked in the documentary tradition for most of my career, I began this project with the intention of telling a story about America’s heartland. As the country underwent the transition from the boom of the late nineties to the post 9-11 years, and the economic collapse to follow, I too was going through my own personal period of transition. The photographs reflect a search for my own soul as well a search for the soul of the heartland. Over time I came to realize the story I was telling was as much my own as it was the heartland’s. •<br />
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The earliest pictures in this body of work were made near my hometown in Arkansas. Over the course of several years I began visiting places throughout the country that have deeply personal connections for me; my mother’s birthplace in Ohio, the lake cabin I spent summers in my youth. Some locations were chosen for their iconic American names such as Dodge City and Paris Texas. Others were discovered randomly, in the course of travel. •<br />
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I’ve always believed in the power of photography as a rich and robust language, in the poetry of images. I began to think of this work as a visual folk song, a folk lament. I borrowed the title from a Woody Guthrie song that seemed to fit. From Here On.
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  • As a child my family would take long trips each summer to visit relatives, either in Texas for my Father’s side or the Mid-west for my Mom’s. I’d sit in that back seat staring out the window as we rolled down the two lane, watching out the window as the world unfolded before my eyes, always curious for what was around the next bend. The America a cross-country traveler encounters today is as changed as that young boy in that back seat. •<br />
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Having worked in the documentary tradition for most of my career, I began this project with the intention of telling a story about America’s heartland. As the country underwent the transition from the boom of the late nineties to the post 9-11 years, and the economic collapse to follow, I too was going through my own personal period of transition. The photographs reflect a search for my own soul as well a search for the soul of the heartland. Over time I came to realize the story I was telling was as much my own as it was the heartland’s. •<br />
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The earliest pictures in this body of work were made near my hometown in Arkansas. Over the course of several years I began visiting places throughout the country that have deeply personal connections for me; my mother’s birthplace in Ohio, the lake cabin I spent summers in my youth. Some locations were chosen for their iconic American names such as Dodge City and Paris Texas. Others were discovered randomly, in the course of travel. •<br />
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I’ve always believed in the power of photography as a rich and robust language, in the poetry of images. I began to think of this work as a visual folk song, a folk lament. I borrowed the title from a Woody Guthrie song that seemed to fit. From Here On.
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  • As a child my family would take long trips each summer to visit relatives, either in Texas for my Father’s side or the Mid-west for my Mom’s. I’d sit in that back seat staring out the window as we rolled down the two lane, watching out the window as the world unfolded before my eyes, always curious for what was around the next bend. The America a cross-country traveler encounters today is as changed as that young boy in that back seat. •<br />
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Having worked in the documentary tradition for most of my career, I began this project with the intention of telling a story about America’s heartland. As the country underwent the transition from the boom of the late nineties to the post 9-11 years, and the economic collapse to follow, I too was going through my own personal period of transition. The photographs reflect a search for my own soul as well a search for the soul of the heartland. Over time I came to realize the story I was telling was as much my own as it was the heartland’s. •<br />
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The earliest pictures in this body of work were made near my hometown in Arkansas. Over the course of several years I began visiting places throughout the country that have deeply personal connections for me; my mother’s birthplace in Ohio, the lake cabin I spent summers in my youth. Some locations were chosen for their iconic American names such as Dodge City and Paris Texas. Others were discovered randomly, in the course of travel. •<br />
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I’ve always believed in the power of photography as a rich and robust language, in the poetry of images. I began to think of this work as a visual folk song, a folk lament. I borrowed the title from a Woody Guthrie song that seemed to fit. From Here On.
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  • As a child my family would take long trips each summer to visit relatives, either in Texas for my Father’s side or the Mid-west for my Mom’s. I’d sit in that back seat staring out the window as we rolled down the two lane, watching out the window as the world unfolded before my eyes, always curious for what was around the next bend. The America a cross-country traveler encounters today is as changed as that young boy in that back seat. •<br />
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Having worked in the documentary tradition for most of my career, I began this project with the intention of telling a story about America’s heartland. As the country underwent the transition from the boom of the late nineties to the post 9-11 years, and the economic collapse to follow, I too was going through my own personal period of transition. The photographs reflect a search for my own soul as well a search for the soul of the heartland. Over time I came to realize the story I was telling was as much my own as it was the heartland’s. •<br />
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The earliest pictures in this body of work were made near my hometown in Arkansas. Over the course of several years I began visiting places throughout the country that have deeply personal connections for me; my mother’s birthplace in Ohio, the lake cabin I spent summers in my youth. Some locations were chosen for their iconic American names such as Dodge City and Paris Texas. Others were discovered randomly, in the course of travel. •<br />
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I’ve always believed in the power of photography as a rich and robust language, in the poetry of images. I began to think of this work as a visual folk song, a folk lament. I borrowed the title from a Woody Guthrie song that seemed to fit. From Here On.
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  • As a child my family would take long trips each summer to visit relatives, either in Texas for my Father’s side or the Mid-west for my Mom’s. I’d sit in that back seat staring out the window as we rolled down the two lane, watching out the window as the world unfolded before my eyes, always curious for what was around the next bend. The America a cross-country traveler encounters today is as changed as that young boy in that back seat. •<br />
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Having worked in the documentary tradition for most of my career, I began this project with the intention of telling a story about America’s heartland. As the country underwent the transition from the boom of the late nineties to the post 9-11 years, and the economic collapse to follow, I too was going through my own personal period of transition. The photographs reflect a search for my own soul as well a search for the soul of the heartland. Over time I came to realize the story I was telling was as much my own as it was the heartland’s. •<br />
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The earliest pictures in this body of work were made near my hometown in Arkansas. Over the course of several years I began visiting places throughout the country that have deeply personal connections for me; my mother’s birthplace in Ohio, the lake cabin I spent summers in my youth. Some locations were chosen for their iconic American names such as Dodge City and Paris Texas. Others were discovered randomly, in the course of travel. •<br />
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I’ve always believed in the power of photography as a rich and robust language, in the poetry of images. I began to think of this work as a visual folk song, a folk lament. I borrowed the title from a Woody Guthrie song that seemed to fit. From Here On.
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  • As a child my family would take long trips each summer to visit relatives, either in Texas for my Father’s side or the Mid-west for my Mom’s. I’d sit in that back seat staring out the window as we rolled down the two lane, watching out the window as the world unfolded before my eyes, always curious for what was around the next bend. The America a cross-country traveler encounters today is as changed as that young boy in that back seat. •<br />
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Having worked in the documentary tradition for most of my career, I began this project with the intention of telling a story about America’s heartland. As the country underwent the transition from the boom of the late nineties to the post 9-11 years, and the economic collapse to follow, I too was going through my own personal period of transition. The photographs reflect a search for my own soul as well a search for the soul of the heartland. Over time I came to realize the story I was telling was as much my own as it was the heartland’s. •<br />
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The earliest pictures in this body of work were made near my hometown in Arkansas. Over the course of several years I began visiting places throughout the country that have deeply personal connections for me; my mother’s birthplace in Ohio, the lake cabin I spent summers in my youth. Some locations were chosen for their iconic American names such as Dodge City and Paris Texas. Others were discovered randomly, in the course of travel. •<br />
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I’ve always believed in the power of photography as a rich and robust language, in the poetry of images. I began to think of this work as a visual folk song, a folk lament. I borrowed the title from a Woody Guthrie song that seemed to fit. From Here On.
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  • As a child my family would take long trips each summer to visit relatives, either in Texas for my Father’s side or the Mid-west for my Mom’s. I’d sit in that back seat staring out the window as we rolled down the two lane, watching out the window as the world unfolded before my eyes, always curious for what was around the next bend. The America a cross-country traveler encounters today is as changed as that young boy in that back seat. •<br />
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Having worked in the documentary tradition for most of my career, I began this project with the intention of telling a story about America’s heartland. As the country underwent the transition from the boom of the late nineties to the post 9-11 years, and the economic collapse to follow, I too was going through my own personal period of transition. The photographs reflect a search for my own soul as well a search for the soul of the heartland. Over time I came to realize the story I was telling was as much my own as it was the heartland’s. •<br />
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The earliest pictures in this body of work were made near my hometown in Arkansas. Over the course of several years I began visiting places throughout the country that have deeply personal connections for me; my mother’s birthplace in Ohio, the lake cabin I spent summers in my youth. Some locations were chosen for their iconic American names such as Dodge City and Paris Texas. Others were discovered randomly, in the course of travel. •<br />
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I’ve always believed in the power of photography as a rich and robust language, in the poetry of images. I began to think of this work as a visual folk song, a folk lament. I borrowed the title from a Woody Guthrie song that seemed to fit. From Here On.
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  • As a child my family would take long trips each summer to visit relatives, either in Texas for my Father’s side or the Mid-west for my Mom’s. I’d sit in that back seat staring out the window as we rolled down the two lane, watching out the window as the world unfolded before my eyes, always curious for what was around the next bend. The America a cross-country traveler encounters today is as changed as that young boy in that back seat. •<br />
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Having worked in the documentary tradition for most of my career, I began this project with the intention of telling a story about America’s heartland. As the country underwent the transition from the boom of the late nineties to the post 9-11 years, and the economic collapse to follow, I too was going through my own personal period of transition. The photographs reflect a search for my own soul as well a search for the soul of the heartland. Over time I came to realize the story I was telling was as much my own as it was the heartland’s. •<br />
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The earliest pictures in this body of work were made near my hometown in Arkansas. Over the course of several years I began visiting places throughout the country that have deeply personal connections for me; my mother’s birthplace in Ohio, the lake cabin I spent summers in my youth. Some locations were chosen for their iconic American names such as Dodge City and Paris Texas. Others were discovered randomly, in the course of travel. •<br />
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I’ve always believed in the power of photography as a rich and robust language, in the poetry of images. I began to think of this work as a visual folk song, a folk lament. I borrowed the title from a Woody Guthrie song that seemed to fit. From Here On.
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  • As a child my family would take long trips each summer to visit relatives, either in Texas for my Father’s side or the Mid-west for my Mom’s. I’d sit in that back seat staring out the window as we rolled down the two lane, watching out the window as the world unfolded before my eyes, always curious for what was around the next bend. The America a cross-country traveler encounters today is as changed as that young boy in that back seat. •<br />
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Having worked in the documentary tradition for most of my career, I began this project with the intention of telling a story about America’s heartland. As the country underwent the transition from the boom of the late nineties to the post 9-11 years, and the economic collapse to follow, I too was going through my own personal period of transition. The photographs reflect a search for my own soul as well a search for the soul of the heartland. Over time I came to realize the story I was telling was as much my own as it was the heartland’s. •<br />
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The earliest pictures in this body of work were made near my hometown in Arkansas. Over the course of several years I began visiting places throughout the country that have deeply personal connections for me; my mother’s birthplace in Ohio, the lake cabin I spent summers in my youth. Some locations were chosen for their iconic American names such as Dodge City and Paris Texas. Others were discovered randomly, in the course of travel. •<br />
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I’ve always believed in the power of photography as a rich and robust language, in the poetry of images. I began to think of this work as a visual folk song, a folk lament. I borrowed the title from a Woody Guthrie song that seemed to fit. From Here On.
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  • As a child my family would take long trips each summer to visit relatives, either in Texas for my Father’s side or the Mid-west for my Mom’s. I’d sit in that back seat staring out the window as we rolled down the two lane, watching out the window as the world unfolded before my eyes, always curious for what was around the next bend. The America a cross-country traveler encounters today is as changed as that young boy in that back seat. •<br />
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Having worked in the documentary tradition for most of my career, I began this project with the intention of telling a story about America’s heartland. As the country underwent the transition from the boom of the late nineties to the post 9-11 years, and the economic collapse to follow, I too was going through my own personal period of transition. The photographs reflect a search for my own soul as well a search for the soul of the heartland. Over time I came to realize the story I was telling was as much my own as it was the heartland’s. •<br />
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The earliest pictures in this body of work were made near my hometown in Arkansas. Over the course of several years I began visiting places throughout the country that have deeply personal connections for me; my mother’s birthplace in Ohio, the lake cabin I spent summers in my youth. Some locations were chosen for their iconic American names such as Dodge City and Paris Texas. Others were discovered randomly, in the course of travel. •<br />
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I’ve always believed in the power of photography as a rich and robust language, in the poetry of images. I began to think of this work as a visual folk song, a folk lament. I borrowed the title from a Woody Guthrie song that seemed to fit. From Here On.
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  • As a child my family would take long trips each summer to visit relatives, either in Texas for my Father’s side or the Mid-west for my Mom’s. I’d sit in that back seat staring out the window as we rolled down the two lane, watching out the window as the world unfolded before my eyes, always curious for what was around the next bend. The America a cross-country traveler encounters today is as changed as that young boy in that back seat. •<br />
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Having worked in the documentary tradition for most of my career, I began this project with the intention of telling a story about America’s heartland. As the country underwent the transition from the boom of the late nineties to the post 9-11 years, and the economic collapse to follow, I too was going through my own personal period of transition. The photographs reflect a search for my own soul as well a search for the soul of the heartland. Over time I came to realize the story I was telling was as much my own as it was the heartland’s. •<br />
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The earliest pictures in this body of work were made near my hometown in Arkansas. Over the course of several years I began visiting places throughout the country that have deeply personal connections for me; my mother’s birthplace in Ohio, the lake cabin I spent summers in my youth. Some locations were chosen for their iconic American names such as Dodge City and Paris Texas. Others were discovered randomly, in the course of travel. •<br />
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I’ve always believed in the power of photography as a rich and robust language, in the poetry of images. I began to think of this work as a visual folk song, a folk lament. I borrowed the title from a Woody Guthrie song that seemed to fit. From Here On.
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  • As a child my family would take long trips each summer to visit relatives, either in Texas for my Father’s side or the Mid-west for my Mom’s. I’d sit in that back seat staring out the window as we rolled down the two lane, watching out the window as the world unfolded before my eyes, always curious for what was around the next bend. The America a cross-country traveler encounters today is as changed as that young boy in that back seat. •<br />
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Having worked in the documentary tradition for most of my career, I began this project with the intention of telling a story about America’s heartland. As the country underwent the transition from the boom of the late nineties to the post 9-11 years, and the economic collapse to follow, I too was going through my own personal period of transition. The photographs reflect a search for my own soul as well a search for the soul of the heartland. Over time I came to realize the story I was telling was as much my own as it was the heartland’s. •<br />
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The earliest pictures in this body of work were made near my hometown in Arkansas. Over the course of several years I began visiting places throughout the country that have deeply personal connections for me; my mother’s birthplace in Ohio, the lake cabin I spent summers in my youth. Some locations were chosen for their iconic American names such as Dodge City and Paris Texas. Others were discovered randomly, in the course of travel. •<br />
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I’ve always believed in the power of photography as a rich and robust language, in the poetry of images. I began to think of this work as a visual folk song, a folk lament. I borrowed the title from a Woody Guthrie song that seemed to fit. From Here On.
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  • As a child my family would take long trips each summer to visit relatives, either in Texas for my Father’s side or the Mid-west for my Mom’s. I’d sit in that back seat staring out the window as we rolled down the two lane, watching out the window as the world unfolded before my eyes, always curious for what was around the next bend. The America a cross-country traveler encounters today is as changed as that young boy in that back seat. •<br />
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Having worked in the documentary tradition for most of my career, I began this project with the intention of telling a story about America’s heartland. As the country underwent the transition from the boom of the late nineties to the post 9-11 years, and the economic collapse to follow, I too was going through my own personal period of transition. The photographs reflect a search for my own soul as well a search for the soul of the heartland. Over time I came to realize the story I was telling was as much my own as it was the heartland’s. •<br />
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The earliest pictures in this body of work were made near my hometown in Arkansas. Over the course of several years I began visiting places throughout the country that have deeply personal connections for me; my mother’s birthplace in Ohio, the lake cabin I spent summers in my youth. Some locations were chosen for their iconic American names such as Dodge City and Paris Texas. Others were discovered randomly, in the course of travel. •<br />
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I’ve always believed in the power of photography as a rich and robust language, in the poetry of images. I began to think of this work as a visual folk song, a folk lament. I borrowed the title from a Woody Guthrie song that seemed to fit. From Here On.
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  • As a child my family would take long trips each summer to visit relatives, either in Texas for my Father’s side or the Mid-west for my Mom’s. I’d sit in that back seat staring out the window as we rolled down the two lane, watching out the window as the world unfolded before my eyes, always curious for what was around the next bend. The America a cross-country traveler encounters today is as changed as that young boy in that back seat. •<br />
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Having worked in the documentary tradition for most of my career, I began this project with the intention of telling a story about America’s heartland. As the country underwent the transition from the boom of the late nineties to the post 9-11 years, and the economic collapse to follow, I too was going through my own personal period of transition. The photographs reflect a search for my own soul as well a search for the soul of the heartland. Over time I came to realize the story I was telling was as much my own as it was the heartland’s. •<br />
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The earliest pictures in this body of work were made near my hometown in Arkansas. Over the course of several years I began visiting places throughout the country that have deeply personal connections for me; my mother’s birthplace in Ohio, the lake cabin I spent summers in my youth. Some locations were chosen for their iconic American names such as Dodge City and Paris Texas. Others were discovered randomly, in the course of travel. •<br />
<br />
I’ve always believed in the power of photography as a rich and robust language, in the poetry of images. I began to think of this work as a visual folk song, a folk lament. I borrowed the title from a Woody Guthrie song that seemed to fit. From Here On.
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  • As a child my family would take long trips each summer to visit relatives, either in Texas for my Father’s side or the Mid-west for my Mom’s. I’d sit in that back seat staring out the window as we rolled down the two lane, watching out the window as the world unfolded before my eyes, always curious for what was around the next bend. The America a cross-country traveler encounters today is as changed as that young boy in that back seat. •<br />
<br />
Having worked in the documentary tradition for most of my career, I began this project with the intention of telling a story about America’s heartland. As the country underwent the transition from the boom of the late nineties to the post 9-11 years, and the economic collapse to follow, I too was going through my own personal period of transition. The photographs reflect a search for my own soul as well a search for the soul of the heartland. Over time I came to realize the story I was telling was as much my own as it was the heartland’s. •<br />
<br />
The earliest pictures in this body of work were made near my hometown in Arkansas. Over the course of several years I began visiting places throughout the country that have deeply personal connections for me; my mother’s birthplace in Ohio, the lake cabin I spent summers in my youth. Some locations were chosen for their iconic American names such as Dodge City and Paris Texas. Others were discovered randomly, in the course of travel. •<br />
<br />
I’ve always believed in the power of photography as a rich and robust language, in the poetry of images. I began to think of this work as a visual folk song, a folk lament. I borrowed the title from a Woody Guthrie song that seemed to fit. From Here On.
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  • Desert landscapes. Contact me directly for specific informatio0n
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  • July 4th Parade, Rockaway Beach, Oregon
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  • Harvey Marine Rabbit, Harvery Maine, Hillsboro Oregon
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  • Harvey Marine Rabbit, Harvery Maine, Hillsboro Oregon
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  • July 4th Parade, Rockaway Beach, Oregon
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  • Native American fisherman on a traditional dip net platform  in the Deschutes River Canyon at Shear's Bridge in Wasco County Oregon
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  • Harvey Marine Rabbit, Harvery Maine, Hillsboro Oregon
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  • Harvey Marine Rabbit, Harvery Maine, Hillsboro Oregon
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  • Harvey Marine Rabbit, Harvery Maine, Hillsboro Oregon
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  • Harvey Marine Rabbit, Harvery Maine, Hillsboro Oregon
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  • Harvey Marine Rabbit, Harvery Maine, Hillsboro Oregon
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  • Harvey Marine Rabbit, Harvery Maine, Hillsboro Oregon
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  • Harvey Marine Rabbit, Harvery Maine, Hillsboro Oregon
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  • Harvey Marine Rabbit, Harvery Maine, Hillsboro Oregon
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  • Harvey Marine Rabbit, Harvery Maine, Hillsboro Oregon
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  • Harvey Marine Rabbit, Harvery Maine, Hillsboro Oregon
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  • Harvey Marine Rabbit, Harvery Maine, Hillsboro Oregon
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  • July 4th Parade, Rockaway Beach, Oregon
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  • July 4th Parade, Rockaway Beach, Oregon
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  • July 4th Parade, Rockaway Beach, Oregon
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  • July 4th Parade, Rockaway Beach, Oregon
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  • July 4th Parade, Rockaway Beach, Oregon
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  • July 4th Parade, Rockaway Beach, Oregon
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  • July 4th Parade, Rockaway Beach
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  • Harvey Marine Rabbit, Harvery Maine, Hillsboro Oregon
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  • Harvey Marine Rabbit, Harvery Maine, Hillsboro Oregon
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  • Harvey Marine Rabbit, Harvery Maine, Hillsboro Oregon
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  • July 4th Parade, Rockaway Beach, Oregon
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  • Lori A. Heino-Royer, CPA, PMP Director-Business Innovation<br />
Program Management Office<br />
Daimler Trucks North America at Daimler Hdq in Portland Oregon
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  • Sake' One tasting room in Forest Grove Oregon. Sake' One is the pony Kura or sake brewery / distillery in North America.
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  • Sake' One tasting room in Forest Grove Oregon. Sake' One is the pony Kura or sake brewery / distillery in North America.
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  • Sake' One tasting room in Forest Grove Oregon. Sake' One is the pony Kura or sake brewery / distillery in North America.
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  • Sake' One tasting room in Forest Grove Oregon. Sake' One is the pony Kura or sake brewery / distillery in North America.
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  • Sake' One tasting room in Forest Grove Oregon. Sake' One is the pony Kura or sake brewery / distillery in North America.
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  • Looking east towards Celilo Village, Oregon and across to Wishram Washington. Celilo, known as Wy-am is the ancestral home of the Wasco and Wishram people. The Falls at Wy-am, flooded by the Dalles Dam in 1957, were one of the most significant market places in all of North America for thousands of years.
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  • Ms. Beulah Mae Donald successfully sued the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama, aka The United Klans of America, for $7million for the beating and lynching of her son Michael Donald. The lawsuit was filed with help from the Southern Poverty Law Center.  Photographed in her home in Mobile Alabama in 1986
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  • Sake' One tasting room in Forest Grove Oregon. Sake' One is the pony Kura or sake brewery / distillery in North America.
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  • Sake' One tasting room in Forest Grove Oregon. Sake' One is the pony Kura or sake brewery / distillery in North America.
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  • Sake' One tasting room in Forest Grove Oregon. Sake' One is the pony Kura or sake brewery / distillery in North America.
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  • Sake' One tasting room in Forest Grove Oregon. Sake' One is the pony Kura or sake brewery / distillery in North America.
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  • Sake' One tasting room in Forest Grove Oregon. Sake' One is the pony Kura or sake brewery / distillery in North America.
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  • Sake' One tasting room in Forest Grove Oregon. Sake' One is the pony Kura or sake brewery / distillery in North America.
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  • Sake' One tasting room in Forest Grove Oregon. Sake' One is the pony Kura or sake brewery / distillery in North America.
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  • Sake' One tasting room in Forest Grove Oregon. Sake' One is the pony Kura or sake brewery / distillery in North America.
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