Strong City, Kansas - 2021
Photography by Jamaica Jones
 
Charred prairie grasses fill the foreground as the schoolhouse rises beneath a layered sky. The image holds tension between intervention and recovery - blackened ground meeting open air.
 
Photographed following a controlled burn at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, this image reflects an intentional land-management practice used to restore native grasses and replenish prairie health.
 
Fire becomes part of stewardship rather than destruction. The schoolhouse remains, framed by sky and ash - structure and land participating in renewal together.
 
Still Ground is rooted in land, continuity, and stewardship. The series observes prairie, stone, water, and built forms shaped by natural cycles and long-term care. Rather than dramatic moments, the work focuses on presence—what remains, what recovers, and how land holds memory over time.