Corn and Blue Toning
My next prints are somewhat esoteric. Last summer I traveled with my father to Atlanta Illinois to visit the family farm. We met the farm manager and the farmer who farms the land. Both knowledgeable and friendly men. We visited with my great uncle Dick and my cousin David. Atlanta is a clean, and I suppose, typical small Midwestern town. It sits on Route 66 and clearly has a great deal of pride as the town is neat and well kept. With the industrialization of farming it has turned into a bit a bedroom community for nearby Bloomington. We happened to be there for a local celebration and had some great food in the community hall. It was an enjoyable visit for 3 days and it was certainly good to spend some time alone with my dad. I brought along my Fuji GSW 690 camera and took some photos of the town and environs. Atlanta is corn and soybean country. This was about a week before harvest so the corn was tall and browning. The whole town of Atlanta seemed hemmed in by walls for cornstalks