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.
tool box
Kubitz farm, October 15, 2013: This collection of tools and spare parts in Evan’s machine shed seems typical of work places I visited. Extra time to organize is scarce so it looks a bit chaotic, but he knows where things are, or at least where to start looking. Over the years and decades, a shop settles into an arrangement that looks random to the outsider, but makes perfect sense to the one working there.