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Chris Offutt

@chris-offutt.bsky.social

Writer. Photographer. Kentuckian. Professor Emeritus. Ex-dishwasher, curb painter, house painter, mover, truck driver, landscaper, breakfast cook, waiter, store clerk, delivery man, and more.

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Johnson County, Iowa
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#newtopographics #manalteredlandscape #newlandscapes #documentingplaces #landscape #artphotography #photographersunited #landscapephotography #contemporaryphotography #colorphotography #iowa #midwest #rural #countryside #midwestlandscape

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North Dodge St. Iowa City, IA
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#newtopographics #manalteredlandscape #newlandscapes #documentingplaces #landscape #artphotography #photographersunited #landscapephotography #contemporaryphotography #colorphotography #iowa #midwest #rural #countryside #midwestlandscape

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Johnson County, Iowa
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#newtopographics #manalteredlandscape #newlandscapes #documentingplaces #landscape #artphotography #photographersunited #landscapephotography #contemporaryphotography #colorphotography #iowa #midwest #rural #countryside

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Rapid Creek Road, Johnson County, Iowa
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10.12.2025 20:21 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Thank you!

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Morse, Iowa
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West Liberty, IA

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Thanks, Mike.

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Thanks Regan.

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Trash Food

Ten years ago I wrote this essay about social class. Hope it still holds up.

oxfordamerican.org/magazine/iss...

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Chris Offutt

Chris Offutt ( @chris-offutt.bsky.social ) tiene la capacidad de escribir sobre las regiones marginadas de los Estados Unidos sin sonar involuntariamente condescendiente o desdeñoso. “Volver a casa” recoge once de sus relatos.

✍️ @cescguimera.bsky.social

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Muchas gracias!

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Muchas gracias.

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Washington, Iowa

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It's the office for a grain transport company. Behind it and above is the granary.

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West Chester, Iowa
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#newtopographics #manalteredlandscape #newlandscapes #documentingplaces #landscape #artphotography #photographersunited #landscapephotography #contemporaryphotography #colorphotography #urbanscape #iowa #midwest #rural #countryside

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Washington County, Iowa
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#newtopographics #manalteredlandscape #newlandscapes #documentingplaces #landscape #artphotography #photographersunited #landscapephotography #contemporaryphotography #colorphotography #urbanscape #iowa #midwest #rural #countryside #barn

08.09.2025 13:55 — 👍 14    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Aw, man, thank you! Among the highest compliments...

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More like the country is out of step with itself. I never felt "in step" with the majority of the people. But I had more belief that our leaders would try to do the right thing, even if I disagreed with them.

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Thanks !!!

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#newtopographics #manalteredlandscape #newlandscapes #documentingplaces #landscape #artphotography #photographersunited #landscapephotography #contemporaryphotography #colorphotography #urbanscape #iowa #midwest #rural #countryside

02.09.2025 13:31 — 👍 22    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

Thanks, David. Both places are beautiful in very different ways. TV writing... I did my time toiling in that glittering cesspool. Got in and got out. As Dorothy Parker said: "Hollywood money isn't money, it's congealed snow, melts in your hand."

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I think the stoplights hold the composition together. By the way, are you in IC?

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