Morris W. God's Country and My People

University of Nebraska Press, 1981. — 180 p.Unique photo journalism, recording history of ordinary objects which disappear in time. This author was born in Central City, NE, and never lost his love for his birthplace throughout his life.Wright Morris (1910-1998) was a renowned writer and affective photographer. Pairing photographs with his own writing, Morris pioneered a new tradition of “photo-texts” in the 1940s that proved highly influential to future photographers. Devoid of figures, his photographs depict everyday objects and atmosphere. Morris’s poetic images exist in a fictional narrative, but reference documentary style.