Abandoned German-Russian farmhouse on the prairie south of Dickinson, North Dakota.

The cornerstone of a church building being demolished.

Volunteers cleaning a homeless shelter in Moorhead, Minnesota.

Plant scientist in a canola research greenhouse.

Documentary photos of rural Maine by Steven Rubin.

Photographed for The Chronicle of Higher Education:  Rochelle (Rocky) Carpenter (left) teaches a carpentry class at Leech Lake Tribal College, in Minnesota, where students are building two houses for families on the reservation. Tribal colleges hope to develop not only an educated work force but also local job opportunities.

An immigrant child in Fargo, N.D. using the interactive software called Sugar that hopes to change how computers are used in education.Sugar is an extension of the One Laptop per Child program that provides underprivileged children around the world affordable laptops and free educational software.

Photographed at the 23rd Annual Woodlands and High Plains Powwow in Fargo.

Origami cranes on display.

‟An ancient Japanese legend promises that anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish by a crane, such as long life or recovery from illness or injury.”

At the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Greenwich Village, New York City.

My photo The House of Morgan, St. Paulis in the Minneapolis Photo Center’s exhibit,  Black & White: The Absence of Color  opening Friday, March 9, and running through April 22.  Bevin Bering Dubrowski, Executive Director of the Houston Center for Photography curated the show.