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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.

GREAT PLAINS | July 16, 2012
Minnesota Sketch Journal
I returned to my home state of Minnesota this summer and brought my sketchbook and watercolors. Living away from the state for 20 years, I understand it now better than ever, and sketching its contours help me remember what compels me to dig under its surface.

New Germany, MN

GREAT PLAINS | February
Catfish Heaven: Winter on the Bayou
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

GREAT PLAINS | June
Flyfishing with Mr. Phu
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

GREAT PLAINS | January
Texas Hill Country
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

GREAT PLAINS | June
Harmony, Minnesota
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

GREAT PLAINS | June 04, 2009
St. Tammany Parish
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