When I started working on this series and shared test shots with folks around me, a few eyebrows rose and a couple people politely expressed confusion about how stuff growing in ditches became the subject of a photography project. When put that way it does […]
Folks, thistles are underappreciated. Yes, they’re hostile. They’re hard to handle, cut, and transport. They stab you in tender places without remorse. (Lesson learned: gloves that are less than 100% leather are painfully insufficient for thistle harvesting. Ouch.) But man oh man, are thistles fun […]
Elderberry bushes grow along nearly every mile of Iowa country road (and along the highways and interstates too, though we usually whiz by too quickly to notice them). There’s a stately grove of elderberries in the ditch near my driveway, so that’s where I began […]
Folks out in the country have a secret: Every day, we wake up to natural marvels – plants, animals, landscapes, skies – that are as beautiful as what hangs in the Louvre. But some of these marvels are so common, humble even, that they don’t […]
