I spent the first 25 years of my life growing up in Kansas, Lawrence to be exact. The Northeast corner of Kansas isn’t particularly flat; because of this, I didn’t understand why the world considered Kansas, “flatter than a pancake”. I finished school and moved to Florida in pursuit of my dream – professional golf. While in Florida, I learned 2 things: Florida is unbelievably flat, and people only know Kansas for basketball and for being “a fly over state”.

Of course, I defended Kansas as much as I could, trying to explain that it’s far more than just land you have to cover to get somewhere else. Once I gave up my dream of being on the tour, I moved home to get married and start my photography career. Having access to the ocean while in Florida, landscape photography was a natural draw for me. Back in Kansas, I needed to find something to point my lens at, something dramatic.

What I found was incredible, I found parts of Kansas that few people knew about, let alone seen! My project was there before me – document the incredible beauty that Kansas has to offer that will shock even 50 year natives.

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