Elliot Ross Reckoning Days Photographs of the American Farmer – The Atlantic

Breathtaking Images of Faith, Family and the American Farmer

The drama of a northern Colorado wheat harvest

via The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/01/reckoning-days/426516/

For the past year, Elliot Ross has been photographing the world of farmer Jim Mertens. Inspired by the empathetic imagery of Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans for the Farm Security Administration, Ross created an essay that examines the relationship between the farmer and the land, giving both characters equal focus in “The Reckoning Days.”