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Montana Fair - The Extended Version

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Call it what you like, the director's cut or extended version, regardless it always runs the risk of being long and boring. With that in mind, my own version of the Montana Fair is now online here (if you dare).

I got it down to eighty images from the 132 selects. Somehow we lost one on the way, so there are 79 waiting there for you to see. Oh, the one above isn't included, so let's call that one number 80.

Here's the essay, words and pictures in the New York Times Lens blog. The comments have been pretty awesome so far. Lots of people I really respect have weighed in.

I must say, it was a wonderful experience working with photographer/editor James Estrin of the Times on this project.

Thanks Jim!

Cowboys and Photogs

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I've got a nice piece on the Montana Fair in the New York Times Lens blog today. Run, don't walk!

I've got to pay more attention... I knew something was up when I had a good forty or so more emails then normal this morning... I should have given my regular readers a heads-up on this one.

I hope you enjoy it.

I'll get the extended version up on my portfolio site this afternoon. Watch this space for an update.

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Americana Part 2

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A few images around the place of kids being kids.

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This one I kinda like. A nice moment on the logs above the creek.

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Bonfire and 'smores time.

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OK, maybe that bonfire was a tad big for the simple task of burning a few marshmallows.

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But the light was nice.

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Then a light-stick enhanced game of capture the flag to finish the evening.