During the summer of 1999, an English writer, Joe Patch, and I, an American photographer, drove over 15,000 miles along with Louis Baker, Joes son and an Australian boxer. Together in a Jeep Wrangler, we traveled the country in search of people and places that would make our trip into what we had hoped, a safari into American culture. During these three months on the road, we met people from all walks of life and a vast number of cultures. We hope these images and words will express what we found, our diversity as a nation and the kindness and sense of community that was predominate. Our positive experience offers up the opposite to the negative picture of American society painted by our countries news media.
All images were captured using Kodak and Fuji color reversal film.
Our sincere thanks to all who helped us along the way. Your kindness and hospitality was most appreciated.
Email me if you like at: americanjarheadATgmail.com
Date(s): Summer 1999. Album by Cris Yarborough. Photos by Cris Yarborough. 1 - 129 of 129 Total. 38178 Visits.
enlarge 80KB, 900x511 1 Wall of Fame Jazz
enlarge 118KB, 800x523 2 Fish Spring 3 200crop
enlarge 107KB, 551x800 3 Phone cowboy
enlarge 160KB, 800x533 4 Two w dog200
enlarge 70KB, 800x532 5 Sid in chuckles
enlarge 116KB, 800x540 6 Two Farmers200
enlarge 102KB, 800x519 7 Two boys in pickup
enlarge 66KB, 800x568 8 Kath Davis w Sax200
enlarge 120KB, 900x529 9 Truck colors
enlarge 121KB, 900x533 10 tourists wall MtR
enlarge 126KB, 800x524 11 Tobacco wear
enlarge 165KB, 531x800 12 Tabacco ties
enlarge 76KB, 900x519 13 Horse Back
enlarge 120KB, 800x533 14 T bone
enlarge 105KB, 800x666 15 Steel city two
enlarge 97KB, 800x522 16 Steel City Porch
enlarge 68KB, 900x546 17 Steel City Firet
enlarge 78KB, 900x527 18 Us in Clarinda
enlarge 97KB, 900x542 19 Squirt at Parade
enlarge 102KB, 800x515 20 Spurs200
enlarge 104KB, 900x511 21 Spraying the Longhorn "The womanwandering wandered over and..." View Comments...
enlarge 47KB, 800x533 22 Sid w lamp
enlarge 110KB, 648x800 23 1 Watching Nervous "I love the way you captured people ...." View Comments...
enlarge 88KB, 522x800 24 Sean lights Cedar
enlarge 208KB, 558x800 25 Screw Fairbury NB
enlarge 91KB, 900x505 26 Rest stop "where was this taken?
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enlarge 112KB, 800x519 27 Ray Hinks
enlarge 111KB, 800x540 28 Ranch Music
enlarge 95KB, 900x454 29 Porsche in Fairbury St
enlarge 70KB, 800x523 30 pigs200
enlarge 90KB, 800x552 31 Oquawka diner
enlarge 79KB, 800x507 32 1 4th July BBQ
enlarge 113KB, 800x533 33 Olive Lobby
enlarge 107KB, 800x541 34 Newport jog
enlarge 143KB, 562x800 35 Newport into beach
enlarge 90KB, 538x800 36 Newport guitar
enlarge 101KB, 800x517 37 Newport Family water
enlarge 146KB, 900x549 38 New Bedford Trucks
enlarge 97KB, 800x528 39 New Bedford Net
enlarge 69KB, 900x388 40 New Bedford Factory 3
enlarge 114KB, 800x525 41 New Bedford 2
enlarge 80KB, 900x438 42 1 4 in Truck Steel
enlarge 53KB, 800x538 43 Motion Detroit
enlarge 93KB, 538x800 44 Montana Bar
enlarge 82KB, 800x511 45 Mike telling story
enlarge 105KB, 540x800 46 Mike at monument
enlarge 128KB, 800x524 47 Mike at Lakota Badlands
enlarge 92KB, 800x662 48 Mayor Pool TV
enlarge 94KB, 608x800 49 Mauler Dempsey
enlarge 91KB, 535x800 50 Louis NM Rocks
enlarge 115KB, 800x511 51 Louis at Beartooth
enlarge 99KB, 800x501 52 Laguna Beach Walk
enlarge 78KB, 900x509 53 Lady on beach200
enlarge 119KB, 800x501 54 Kiwi Pete w Osz
enlarge 133KB, 800x560 55 Kids throw firec200
enlarge 189KB, 800x526 56 Kerouac Marker200
enlarge 53KB, 800x533 57 Kath thru Sax
enlarge 96KB, 800x520 58 Joe write on Jeeep
enlarge 74KB, 900x276 59 2 Cars, Steel City
enlarge 119KB, 594x800 60 Joe w tractor
enlarge 177KB, 800x537 61 Joe w Kerouac note
enlarge 93KB, 512x800 62 Three Ranchers
enlarge 140KB, 900x549 63 Joe and Louis w Jack
enlarge 77KB, 800x524 64 Joe Louis, Clarinda
enlarge 28KB, 900x508 65 Jetty Crabing
enlarge 101KB, 681x800 66 Jazz Party Vocalist
enlarge 93KB, 800x512 67 Jansen truck two200
enlarge 189KB, 556x800 68 Horse and cowboy
enlarge 95KB, 800x538 69 Hoghouse
enlarge 73KB, 800x579 70 HectorWeights
enlarge 69KB, 800x521 71 Hector at Joes mirror
enlarge 133KB, 639x800 72 Group Salty Dog
enlarge 117KB, 900x466 73 Gergen w Hector Apt
enlarge 99KB, 800x533 74 Gergen gets ready
enlarge 115KB, 800x575 75 Gergen Cooks
enlarge 69KB, 534x800 76 Gerg Hect Spar
enlarge 61KB, 900x554 77 garage ring
enlarge 82KB, 900x517 78 Flea Mkt Man
enlarge 136KB, 800x708 79 Flea Mkt Fairbury
enlarge 118KB, 800x533 80 Fixin' Saddles
enlarge 103KB, 900x521 81 Fiarbury smoker
enlarge 109KB, 800x518 82 Fairbury Townhall
enlarge 127KB, 900x488 83 Fairbury Flea
enlarge 97KB, 558x800 84 Erwin w Bike
enlarge 70KB, 800x536 85 Erwin at CoffeeHouse200
enlarge 96KB, 900x519 86 Elvis w company
enlarge 176KB, 770x800 87 Double Crazy Horse200
enlarge 133KB, 800x534 88 Dog w shadows
enlarge 96KB, 800x597 89 Doc Holliday
enlarge 115KB, 800x518 90 Dick Tracey
enlarge 100KB, 800x518 91 Curt Pate
enlarge 138KB, 800x621 92 Crazy Tele Kid
enlarge 113KB, 800x549 93 Cowgirl Tex
enlarge 61KB, 800x677 94 Cowboy at Stockyard
enlarge 110KB, 615x800 95 Cowbow mil lite
enlarge 105KB, 800x534 96 Corn examination200
enlarge 69KB, 540x800 97 Cold Joe
enlarge 66KB, 800x528 98 Coffee and Smoke
enlarge 66KB, 541x800 99 Clouds Mt R
enlarge 63KB, 560x800 100 Close Gergen
enlarge 127KB, 900x539 101 Cleaning Bridge
enlarge 56KB, 800x525 102 The Hat
enlarge 72KB, 567x800 103 Clark Kent Curtis
enlarge 76KB, 800x548 104 CFD two tv
enlarge 129KB, 541x800 105 CFD rider thrown
enlarge 88KB, 602x800 106 CFD rider hat
enlarge 144KB, 568x800 107 CFD Rider falls
enlarge 104KB, 800x526 108 CFD Rider and Girls
enlarge 135KB, 584x800 109 CFD fall
enlarge 93KB, 900x397 110 CFD 3 tv
enlarge 44KB, 900x549 111 Calf roping Shil2
enlarge 90KB, 900x477 112 Calf Roping
enlarge 101KB, 800x514 113 BobbySchroedeButt
enlarge 82KB, 800x525 114 Boatgirleye Massachusetts. A woman explains how craftsman shape the hull by eye when building in the tradional way.
enlarge 85KB, 800x504 115 Billy's200 Nebraska. A local bar in Fairbury.
enlarge 98KB, 632x800 116 Barrel Racing Texas
enlarge 104KB, 800x514 117 Barbie in Bowl The strange things you see at fleamarkets. Barbie in a bowl...
enlarge 120KB, 800x512 119 1 Badlands road South Dakota. The Badlands
enlarge 116KB, 800x526 120 1 Auto Place
enlarge 71KB, 800x526 121 1 Art and Nancy Montana. This rancher and his wife took us into their home and around thier ranch after hearing about our travels. They were more than proud to show us the lifestyle of a Montana ranch. This was taken in their livingroom.
enlarge 111KB, 800x526 123 1 Alley in Fairbury Nebraska. When I saw the alley window, I knew this was a must have. I couldn't have chipped away the wall any better myself.
enlarge 89KB, 800x518 124 1 About the Univ Indiana. Getting directions from a farmer at hit farm stand.
enlarge 122KB, 900x535 125 1 3000 miles Nebraska. We pulled off the road at exactly 3000 miles and took a quick shot. Glad we weren't on a busy highway!
enlarge 74KB, 800x520 126 Lightning Louis Nebraska. This was a hand held 8 second exposure with a Leica M6 and 35/f2 lens. Took a whole role, but this one wsas worth it...
enlarge 119KB, 616x800 127 Barneys Beanery Los Angeles, CA
I myself am a budding photographer and I must say that your uses of contrast, proportion and angles are simply inspiring! You have a similar technique to mine but your photos have meaning and my photos seem lifeless compared to yours, jolly good show old bean! I mostly do macro photography though so I don't think you'll have any competition! Wonderful photos, a couple of them may need slight modifications but over all your message is clear and your pictures are outstanding. Merry Christmas! - Kim, Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:00AM
Great Job, Nice Pics. - Christian Quarm, Mon, 19 Sep 2005 3:40AM
I learned of this site through Joe it gave me 'get up and go'. Great Photos - Inspirational Stuff. - Steve Hall, Sat, 16 Apr 2005 3:02PM
Your dad and I were next door neighbors in Palm Desert this winter. When he sent me his Recollection of the Desert 2005, he also sent me your web site which I have just begun to browse. One image that really caught my eye was the lightning bolt. We spent 10 years in Nebraska and now live in Oklahoma so we occasionally see images like this one but never captured on film. I really look forward to browsing through all your albums. Bill - Bill Hemann, Sun, 3 Apr 2005 10:36AM
I am enjoying your photos very much, you must really like what you do. And this trip had to be a blast! - Eleanor, Wed, 16 Feb 2005 5:05PM