“PRAIRIE SCHOONER,” chad hanson
I moved to Wyoming for the trout. Then I discovered wild horses and I bought a camera. Now I spend my summers on the prairie. Trout are nice, but nothing can match the grandeur of the American Mustang. Even so, on public land in the West, wild horses are persecuted because they eat the grass that some would prefer to feed to cattle. I consider my lens-work an example of conservation photography—an attempt to convince people that wild horses are too life-changing, too charismatic to lose.
Chad Hanson serves as Chair of the Department of Social & Cultural Studies at Casper College. His nonfiction titles include, Swimming with Trout (University of New Mexico Press, 2007) and Trout Streams of the Heart (Truman State University Press, 2013). He is also the author of two collections of poems: Patches of Light (Red Dragonfly Press, 2014) and This Human Shape (Red Dragonfly Press, 2016). His recent awards include the Meadowhawk Prize and a Creative Writing Fellowship from the Wyoming Arts Council, made possible through funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information, visit: www.chadhanson.org.
“Wall Leaves,” Edward Lee
I am draw to situations where nature has made its mark, where it is has reminded the builders of walls and building and bridges that it is present and, given enough time, will reclaim its place. This is image where the wall is almost more nature than stone is an example of this. It is good to be reminded that not everything we build lasts, or, at the very least, does not last how we expect it to.
Edward Lee is an artist and writer from Ireland. His paintings and photography have been exhibited widely, while his poetry, short stories, non-fiction have been published in magazines in Ireland, England and America, including The Stinging Fly, Skylight 47, Acumen and Smiths Knoll. He is currently working on two photography collections: 'Lying Down With The Dead' and 'There Is A Beauty In Broken Things'. He also makes musical noise under the names Ayahuasca Collective, Lewis Milne, Orson Carroll, Blinded Architect, Lego Figures Fighting, and Pale Blond Boy. His blog/website can be found at https://edwardmlee.wordpress.com
“Untitled,” Ivan de monbrison
What is the meaning of art in a world destroyed at such a pace by human beings? The artist should shed his ego for good, so a statement about his work makes no sense for him down to the end...
Ivan de Monbrison
born March 1st 1969 in Paris...dead soon...
after there is nothing left... and it's
marvelous.
“Holding Hands With Serial Killers and Claustrophobia” and “The Veracity of Time at the Edge of the Tracks,” Brett Stout
Bretts Stout prefers that his artwork speak for itself.
Brett Stout is a 40-year-old artist and writer. He is a high school dropout and former construction worker turned college graduate and paramedic. He creates mostly controversial work usually while breathing toxic paint fumes from a small cramped apartment known as “The Nerd Lab” in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. His work has appeared in a vast range of diverse media, from international indie zines like Litro Magazine UK to Brown University.
"New Construction" and "Parking,” Roi j tamkin
"New Construction" and "Parking" are part of a series of urban landscapes taken in Chicago, IL. I saw Chicago as a wall of buildings locking in its residents. My photographs were taken with a long lens to compress the perspective and remove gaps between the skyscrapers thereby creating a wall of concrete, steel and glass.
Roi J Tamkin is a writer and photographer living in Atlanta, GA. His photographs have appeared in New Letters, Nimrod, Riversedge and recently in Foliate Oak Literary Magazine. He writes regularly for Skipping Stones Magazine and Ink 19 webzine. He also writes comedy scripts for Sketchworks, a local theatrical company.