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Larry Schwarm

Photography

Prairie Fires & Landscapes

“Larry Schwarm’s photographs of fire on the prairie are so compelling that I cannot imagine any later photographer trying to do better. His pictures convince us that seemingly far away events are close by, relevant to any serious person’s life.”
Robert Adams, from the introduction to “On Fire”

Fire near Cassoday, Kansas - 1990

Waves of fire near cattle pens, Chase County, Kansas - 1990

Glowing tree with smoke, Chase County, Kansas - 2005

Wheat stubble fire, Eastern Colorado - 1991

Late night fire near BETO Junction, Coffey County, Kansas - 2004

Billowing smoke, Lyon County, Kansas - 2006

Prairie Fire near Cassoday, Kansas - 1990

Breathless - southern Edwards County, Kansas - 2008

Fire and moon along Bloody Creek Road, Chase County, Kansas - 2005

Heavy smoke from grass fire south of Emporia, Kansas - 2009

Lake Michigan, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - 1988

Leaping flames, Lyon County, Kansas - 2009

CRP fire off Lockerman Road, south of Emporia, Kansas - 2009

Line of fire east of Peyton Creek, Chase County, Kansas - 2005

Converging fires near burns, Kansas - 2010

Smoldering pasture at sunset, north of Emporia, Kansas - 2008

Fire with tree, off Lockerman Road, south of Emporia Kansas - 2010

Fire cresting hill south of Haviland, Kiowa County, Kansas - 2010

CRP fire near Garden Plain, Kansas - February 2017

Smoke and clouds north of Bazaar, Kansas - 2009

Grass fire near Kingman, Kansas - 1997

End of grass fire (#2) near Kiowa Edwards County line - 2008

Divided. South of Wellsford, Kansas - 2015

Yellow smoke with black ash, Lyon County, Kansas - 2005

North of Lake Afton, Sedgwick County, Kansas - May 2, 2010

Grass fire off Brownlee Road, southwest of Sylvia, Kansas - March 2012

Dancing flames - CRP burn, Reno County, Kansas - 2012

Grass fire in Reno County, Kansas - March 2012

Burning sugar cane, Bayou Tesch, Louisiana - 2004

Earth, fire & water, Z-Bar Ranch, Chase County, Kansas

Three trees burning, Z-Bar Ranch, Chase county - 1994

Grass with burned field on horizon, Lyon County, Kasnsas

Birning tree with Ryder sky, Chase County, Kansas - 2001

Heavy smoke from grass fire south of Emporia, Kansas

Converging fires near Burns, Kansas - 2010

Flint hills at sunset along Sharpe's Creek Road - 1990

Fire (before & after), Lyon County, Kansas -1992

Southeast Washington state (Palouse area), 1989

Lines of fire, Chase County, Kansas - 1990

Fire, Easter night - 1991 Chase County, Kansas

Fire whorl, Lyon County, Kansas - 1994

Snow near Greensburg, Kansas - 1988

Fast moving thunderstorm south of Greensburg, Kansas

Burning grass, Lyon County, Kansas

Curved line of fire, Chase County, Kansas

Farming & Agricultural Landscapes

Laurence and Pauline Schwarm in front of their 100 year-old farm - June 2011

Planting petunias, Kiowa County, Kansas - May 5, 2012

Combines and oil wells - Ellsworth County, Kansas

Country Cafe - Mullinville, Kansas (after Hopper)

Ki unloading wheat from hopper to truck, Kiowa County, Kansas - 2012

Drought-damaged wheat with storm clouds, just east of Elkhart, Kansas, July 2011

Milo piled on ground, Greensburg, Kansas

Supper break during wheat harvest, southeast of Wilson, Kansas - Summer 2011

Breakfast during wheat harvest, southeast of Wilson, Kansas - 2011

Custom Mills Feed Store near Arlington, Kansas – 2012

Postal Station, Belvidere, Kansas (Southern Kiowa County)

ATV tracks on Arkansas River bed, south of Holcomb, Kansas - 2012

Inside tower silo looking up, Kingman County near Rago, Kansas (after Turrell) - February 6, 2012

Generations: Filling a stock tank - about six miles south of Greensburg, Kansas

Preparing seedbed for wheat, near Cunningham, Kanas 2011

Mural in Palco, Kansas - July 5, 2012

Mom and daughter walking down Main Street in Pretty Prairie, Kansas - 2012

Laurence and Batxer. Kiowa County, Kansas, November 2010

Armadillo and quail in window, Kiowa County, Kansas. August 2011

Divided: Wabaunsee County, Kansas

Prize winning flowers, Kiowa County Fair - July 2011

Bales of cotton west of Cullison, Kansas - November 2017

County identification chart in grain truck, Kiowa County, Kansas - 2012

Plains Inn Motel in Scott City, Kansas - May 2012

Steel grain bins on Ehmke Seed Farm, southwest of Dighton, Kansas, May 2013

Bedroom on second floor of Konkel House in Haviland, Kansas - August 2013

Young farmers tending livestock at the Kiowa County Fair, July 2013

Painting cemetery fence near Potter, Kansas - April 2012

Blackbirds two days after a full moon, between Cairo and Pratt, Kansas - October 2011

Window crank on Ford grain truck, Wilson County, Kansas - June 2011

Wind turbine blade waiting to be unloaded at Flat Ridge 2 Wind Farm, Harper County, Kansas – May 2012

”You know” painted on metal building n Elkhart, Kansas, 2011

Poultry auction in Yoder, Kansas, March 2012

Empty train cars in wheat field near Friend, Kansas - May 2012

Bowling at the Kiowa County Senior Center - Greensburg, Kansas

Driving south on County Road 35, Kiowa County, Kansas - December 2014

Weighting tarp with old tires, Brookover Ranch Feed Yard, May 2012

Armadillo and quail in window, Kiowa County, Kansas, August 2011

Thunderstorm north of Cassoday, Kansas - about midnight, April 22, 2009

Drought damaged wheat with storm clouds, just east of Elkhart, Kansas - July 2011

Empty train cars in wheat field near Friend, Kansas

Bowling at the Kiowa County Senior Center - Greensburg, Kansas

Display at Kiowa County Fair, Greensburg, Kansas - 2011

EAT BEEF - STAY SLIM Brookover Feed Yards, Garden City, Kansas

Grain silos at sunset, north of Cullison, Kansas, November 2010

Wheat stubble off Grigston Lane, east of Scott City, Kansas - July 2012

Laurence with his dog, Baxter

Lake Michigan and Union Avenue, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Milo piled on ground, Haviland, Kansas

Road from cattle pens leading south through tallgrass prairie, Chase County, Kansas

Burning CRP grass and spring wheat - Kiowa County, Kansas

Winter wheat near Palouse, Washington July 24, 2022

Wheat in the Palouse, north of Pullman, Washington July 24, 2022

The Palouse, near Steptoe Mound, Washington July 25, 2022

Near Steptoe, Washington July 25, 2022

Portraits

Albert Goldbarth - 2015

Jana Durfee- 2015

Tom Otterness ~ 2020

Ruthie ~ 2015

Annu Palakunnathu Matthew - Photographer, 2015

Gerco de Ruijter - Dutch landscape photographer - 2015

Chris Brunner, sculptor - 2015

Helen York - 2015 (after Rembrandt)

Patrick Duegaw- 2015 (after VanGogh)

Camille (after Vermeer) - 2017

L. K. "Colored Man" - Wichita, Kansas - 2016

Randy & Rachael -Father and daughter

Girl with dollar bill, Hutchinson, Kansas

Ann with new wings,