Great Plains

North America's Great Plains region, which extends from the Canadian plains states of Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, to the southern Mississippi River states and Mexico's northern gulf, is a broad collection of prairies, farmlands and lowlands. Follow me as I explore the lonely roads of the Great Plains.

Catfish Heaven: Winter on the Bayou
GREAT PLAINS | February
I ask Jon if he’s ever eaten nutria. He says all the time, it’s delicious. He explains that Cajun chef Paul Prudhomme almost lost his reputation by adding Nutria to his menu, but that in reality its great meat, and people shouldn't be afraid of it just because its a giant water rat.

Atchafalaya Bayou

Flyfishing with Mr. Phu
GREAT PLAINS | June
The tackle shop is a basement store near the abandoned 'Tonka Trucks' headquarters. Everything about the store was old, and damp-smelling. It is much the way I remember it, 23 years ago: father filling the minnow pail. The clerks were smoking, and drinking Mello-Yellow.
Lake Minnetonka

Texas Hill Country
GREAT PLAINS | January
When on a mission, the party became lost and the horses and mules became unridable. The Servicemen were parched. The camels led the party to water, and upon arrival, needed nothing of the sort themselves. When Hadji Ali succeeded in his first mission...

Texas Hill Country

Harmony, Minnesota
GREAT PLAINS | June
There are about 200,000 Amish in North America today. But since each couple has on average seven children, they are one of the fastest growing segments on the continent. I wonder, if they ever became the dominant population in Minnesota, would the state continue to produce Spam?

Harmony, MN

Port Sulphur
micro update | GREAT PLAINS | February
When the levees broke during Hurricane Katrina, the town of Port Sulphur fell thirteen feet under water. My big brother took me here for a day of fishing a few months after the hurricane.

Port Sulphur

St. Tammany Parish
GREAT PLAINS | June 04, 2009
Notes and captions from the North Shore Parish of St. Tammany on Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana. I photograph marshes, wildlife and coastline in this continuous project on a quickly developing region in post-Hurricane Louisiana.
St. Tammany Parish