The photos here are excerpts from two bigger projects I did last year. Click to get a closer look at the photos. I hope you enjoy!
Big Bone, KY
Big Bone is in Northern Kentucky about an hour outside of Cincinnati. The name comes from the Mammoth fossils discovered there. For a month, I visited Big Bone and took photographs of the beautiful scenery and small details I noticed — the crosses on the side of the rode, the red roofed barn, stars in the night sky — that are staples in Small Town America visuals.
Keeping the Place Running
There are many different challenges facing the maintenance department at Northern Kentucky University. Retirement plans are in a transitional period, switching from pensions to 401(k)s. Parking prices are astronomical. Staff pay double what students do. And at $10 per hour, workers are calling for a standard of living raise. But despite it all, the staff say that they stay because of their loyalty to the students they serve.
“You could go down the road to a middle
school and get paid three dollars more
on the hour than you do here [at NKU].”
– Josh Perkins, Labor Crew
