DROUGHT

Photographer

Ton Schless

Category

Editorial Photography - Documentary

Company

Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design

Submission Group

Student

Year

2022

Country / Region:

United States

Climate change as a result of global warming is wreaking havoc around the world. Massive storms, excessive snow and rainfall, and drought affect people worldwide. This documentary is about a US mid-West farmer, who like many farmers in the mid-West is severely affected by drought. In the past years, he had to reduce his cattle herd from 450 to around 135 head because he cannot grow enough grass to feed a large herd. The price of a bale of hay has doubled and buying enough for 450 head is not an option. The documentary follows him working the farm, at home worrying about paying the bills, finding solace in his family and faith, and trusting the future will change. This farmer is an example of many farmers in the US mid-West.