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Larry Schwarm

Upper Midwestern Artists | Born 1944 | Greensburg, Kansas

Kansas artist Larry Schwarm specializes in large-scale photographs of fires in the grasslands of his home state. Schwarm photographs “controlled burns” that are deliberately set to protect grasslands. Though he photographs all stages of this process, from before the fire to the regrowth that follows, his sharp eye for the intense colors of fire have made these his best known.

Burning Tree with Ryder Sky

Burning Tree with Ryder Sky, 2001

Materials
C-Print
Acknowledgment
Funds from the Blockbuster II Partners, the Margaret Heffernan Permanent Collection Fund, the M.A. Martin Everist Foundation, and the Gilchrist Foundation
Accession Number
2008.26
Rolling Fire

Rolling Fire, 2005

Materials
C-Print
Acknowledgment
Funds from the Margaret Heffernan Permanent Collection Fund, the Unnamed Foundation, the M.A. Martin Everist Foundation, and the Blockbuster II Partners.
Accession Number
2008.25