Lost Nation: America's Rural Ghetto by Documentary Photographer Danny Wilcox Frazier

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Award-winning photographer Danny Wilcox Frazier is known for his documentary and news work. In this video profile, you’ll get to know him and the marginalized people and places he photographs.



The project looks at the impact of depopulation on rural communities across the Midwest and Great Plains. Rural counties in the United States have lost more than 12 million people since 2000.

.50 cal, Badlands, South Dakota (2012). From the series, Lost Nation by Danny Wilcox Frazier. This image is part of my portfolio that was shortlisted earlier this month for the CatchLight Fellowship #catchlightfellowship. The project looks at the impact of depopulation on rural communities across the Midwest and Great Plains. Rural counties in the United States have lost more than 12 million people since 2000. The most recent census puts its share of the nation's population at just 16 percent - the lowest in recorded history and down from 72 percent a century ago. The @catchlight.io partners for the fellowships are @revealnews, @pulitzercenter and @marshallproj. @dannywilcoxfrazier #outinthesticks #southdakota #viiphoto @viiphoto

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Near Sunset, Allen, Pine Ridge Reservation (Sept. 2017). Photograph by Danny Wilcox Frazier @dannywilcoxfrazier #outinthesticks #badlands #lostnationusa @viiphoto

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Home Defense (2017), Cowles (population 30), Webster Co., Nebraska. Webster County has lost 61% of its population over the past century. Photograph by Danny Wilcox Frazier @dannywilcoxfrazier #outinthesticks #nebraska #lostnationusa #aaronsiskindfoundation #6x6film @viiphoto

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Praying during the sermon of Pastor Wilma Johnson at New Prospect Missionary Baptist Church, Detroit, Michigan (2010). This image is part of my exhibition, Lost Nation, that closes this Saturday, August 5, 2017 in San Francisco. The gallery at Leica Store San Francisco @leicastoresf helped me bring together work from three series of photographs that span 15 years of work across the Midwest and Great Plains. It was great working with Alex Ramos @alexramosphoto on the exhibition as well as Tom Smith of @leicaakademieusa during my time in San Francisco. Photograph by Danny Wilcox Frazier @dannywilcoxfrazier #lostnationusa @viiphoto #leicacamerausa @leicaakademieusa @leica_fotografie_international @leica_camera

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Over the past 15 years I have worked to bring today's rural experience into the national conversation. The desire has always been to bridge the rural and urban divide and help those far removed from small town life better understand and appreciate the complexity and beauty that is life there.

My work acknowledges isolation and neglect, but more importantly it celebrates perseverance and strength. Filmmaker Greg Roden and Adobe wanted to create a short film that explores my photographic process and the web of issues those in rural American face - said Danny Wilcox Frazier-


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