Daughter Jill Miller first alerted us last December about a wonderful collection of online photographs of the American heartland. New York-based photographer Andrew Moore did a splendid job of capturing these images for an exhibit dubbed "Dirt Meridian," which opened last month (January 2014) at the Yancey Richardson Gallery in New York City. We viewed the photos, appreciated them a bit, then promptly forgot about them -- until friend Mike Smith reminded us again this week, not only of the photos, but about the story that accompanied them online.
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The collection contains numerous images that were taken in the area along the 100th Meridian in Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming. Most were captured west of the meridian, and all of them are truly remarkable. A portion of photographs included in the exhibit can be found at this link to the New York Times Magazine, which begins with a photo of an 1890 Sheridan County homestead. And there are plenty of Dawes County shots, too.
We've also linked to the story that accompanied the photos. It was written by Inara Verzemnieks of Iowa City, Iowa, and is entitled "Life Along the 100th Meridian."
And thanks Jill and Mike for the heads up on the photos! |
