Working Land refers to two facets of rural landscape: the idea of working the land as a vocation and as a description of productive ground. My family tree includes immigrant ancestors who made a living from working the soil and some of their descendants who carry on this work to the present day. That personal connection to working land inspired the project.
Marlys and Cats
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Kubitz farm, November 5, 2013: I spent a lot of time at Marlys’s farm as a child, since she is my mother’s younger sister and lives nearby. This is where I started the Working Land project, maybe because I feel at home here. Marlys was a great portrait subject; she wants to help me and she really knows how to be herself.