“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
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