National Geographic 1999. (nem teljes évfolyam) [antikvár]

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ;) ' r I m. ií'ir: iu Behind the Seen STEVE RAWLS (ABOVE); Home on the Grange when you imagine professional photographers at home in their sophisticated urban penthouses—you're not imagining our photographers. A surprising number live, they're happy to admit, in the middle of nowhere. "I'm a photographer, not a farmer," insists Joel Sartore (right), whose house nonetheless sits smack in the center of prime Nebraska corn country. He rehshes the peace and quiet. "1 spend so much time making arrangements and dealing with people for my job," he explains, "that when I get home, I just want to sit back and recharge my batteries. On those long international plane flights I dream about painting my porch." Jim Richardson {above right) fled Denver two years ago for tiny Lindsborg, Kansas, where grain elevators count as skyscrapers and the whole town of 3,000 turns out each Easter for Handel's Messiah. Jim is from Kansas originally but admits that living in the big city has left its mark. "I still drive to my office from my house But now my office is only three blocks away." Robb Kendrick (top) calls 200 acres in the Texas Hill Country home. His place is part farmland and part private wildlife preserve. "During hunting season the ' quail and doves and deer know to come here," he says. Robb points to the local police blotter reprinted in the weekly newspaper, as one reason he plans to stay put: "May 15 was a high crime day: Four mules and a goat escaped onto Main Street." FEBRUARY IQgq