Working Land refers to two facets of rural landscape: the idea of working the land as a vocation and as a description of productive ground. My family tree includes immigrant ancestors who made a living from working the soil and some of their descendants who carry on this work to the present day. That personal connection to working land inspired the project.
cows on hillside; kubitz farm topography
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Kubitz farm, June 5, 2015: I headed for home after talking to Marlys about her family’s history. While traveling down the driveway leaving the Kubitz farm, her cows on this hoof-terraced hillside looked up to see who was passing by. I stopped and hurried to photograph them from my car window before they moved along warily.