Elegy to a Small Idaho Town: Steve Davis Photographs His Hometown – NYTimes.com

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Elegy for a Small Idaho Town

On return visits to American Falls, the small Idaho town where he grew up, Steve Davis found a sadness that he was moved to document, Michael Itkoff reports.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/elegy-to-a-small-idaho-town/

“American Falls seems to be dying a death that is as slow as it is unspectacular.”

Steve Davis, 53, is describing the Idaho town in which he grew up. He left when he was 18. The region, once known for small potato farms, is now home to agribusiness and big-box retailing. About 4,000 people live there today.