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Chris Offutt

@chris-offutt

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

26.01.2026 15:32 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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12.01.2026 14:51 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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27.12.2025 17:12 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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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

17.12.2025 14:33 👍 18 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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

14.12.2025 03:36 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Rapid Creek Road, Johnson County, Iowa
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#newtopographics #manalteredlandscape #newlandscapes #documentingplaces #landscape #artphotography #photographersunited #landscapephotography #contemporaryphotography #colorphotography #urbanscape #iowa #midwest #rural #countryside

10.12.2025 20:21 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Thank you!

08.12.2025 15:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Morse, Iowa
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#newtopographics #manalteredlandscape #newlandscapes #documentingplaces #landscape #artphotography #photographersunited #landscapephotography #contemporaryphotography #colorphotography #urbanscape #iowa #midwest #rural #countryside

07.12.2025 15:50 👍 16 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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20.11.2025 20:26 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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West Liberty, IA

26.10.2025 13:41 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Thanks, Mike.

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24.10.2025 23:18 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks Regan.

24.10.2025 17:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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...

23.10.2025 17:23 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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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

12.10.2025 17:56 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Muchas gracias!

11.10.2025 15:31 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Muchas gracias.

26.09.2025 13:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Washington, Iowa

15.09.2025 16:14 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

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

11.09.2025 14:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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

10.09.2025 21:36 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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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...

06.09.2025 16:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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.

05.09.2025 14:42 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks !!!

04.09.2025 13:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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."

02.09.2025 00:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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

01.09.2025 22:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0