Illinois

      
  Lost
      Americana:

      
A Vision of rurual
      America

      
This body of work is part
      of a continueing series that I have been working on since the
      summer of '96. What has commonly become known as my barn pictures
      among people who have seen it grow and multiply. What started
      out as a simple color photography project has been transformed
      over the years to a quite sizable documentation of rurual structures.

      
My ultimate goal is to have
      this work eventualy published, in it's own book. Mostly because
      I feel that working on something like this for so long it deserves
      a climax, and giving prints to my friends isn't my idea of the
      end-all-be-all for this group of pictures. I also want to share
      them with others who either are not able to see this area of
      the country as often as the few who live there or to give those
      who long for the open land as oppossed to the urban towers something
      to remind them of an area that is becoming smaller each year.

      
At the heart of this project
      is a fundmendal of documentary work. I want to give these buildings
      a bit more than just a simple mug shot, but I've tried to throw
      in some emotion too. I hope you enjoy these photos as much as
      I do taking them.

      
 

      


      
 

      


      
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