1970s rural america

From corn fields..

Part of old Highway 101 in Camarillo, CA many years ago. These teenagers look like they're walking home from Camarillo High School. My guess it was in the early 1960s. The girl is wearing a dress. Girls weren't allowed to wear pants/jeans until the 1970s.

Matthew Walton has set out to document the rural landscapes of the midsouth with @theruralrecord. His images tell timely stories of the past and future of America’s heartland.

Max Campbell on the photographer Sheron Rupp, from Mansfield, Ohio, who travelled around America documenting the people of rural communities from outside their homes.

Texas forever

Waiuku, New Zealand, 1984. Monolta X-500, Tokina 28-70 mm, Fuji Color slide, digitized with Nikon Coolscan 5000 ED in 2004 in too low resolution, altered by Snapseed 2014.

Photo: Fishing off the Tallahatchie River Bridge. Part of the Illinois Central line. “When I took these pictures and was with these people I felt I was sharing a way of life that was waving its hand goodbye,” Michael Ford said of his images while in Oxford, Miss in the 1970s. “There was no doubt that change was charging in and all, both good and bad, would soon be extinguished. More on Lens: http://nyti.ms/1hPv3Hj Photo by Michael Ford

The Ugly Truth

The Mountain State has a great deal of history, but this era had a unique story that's oft overlooked. Check out these photos of West Virginia in the 1970s!