[Leica] My portraits of oil workers homes in Slate

[kyle cassidy]

Thanks Al --

One of the good things about this project is its open-endedness. I hope to
get back there soon to see what's happening. The last time I was there
people were making duffle bags full of money, well, some of them at least,
depending on what types of job you have. Welders were making crazy money,
and people who laid pipe, all the skilled workers. And around them, people
managing stores and such. But I know it's not that way anymore. A lot of
the people I'm still in touch with on Facebook are working a lot less or
not at all.

Kyle


> Very familiar scenes (except for the snow). Our local newspaper has run
> several photo essays of the plight of oil country workers in the Eagle Ford
> shale fields in South Texas. The downturn in oil prices have driven many
> merchants and entrepreneurs in that area out of business. Quite a change
> from a couple of years ago when there was a scramble to find housing and
> support in the small towns there. I suspect the same decline will be
> experienced in North Dakota
> and hope you can stay with the project and document the downside of that
> boom.
> -----Original Message-----
> >
> *From: kyle cassidy <leicaslacker at gmail.com <http://gmail.com>>*>
> *Sent: Mar 14, 2016 12:05 PM*>
> *To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org <http://leica-users.org>>*>
> *Subject: [Leica] My portraits of oil workers homes in Slate*>
> >
> *I've been going to North Dakota for three years now with two professors*>
> *from the University of North Dakota who ares studying living conditions
> of*>
> *oil workers. Some of my portraits are in Slate magazine today -- I'd love*
> >
> *it if you'd check them out:*>
> >
> *http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2016/03/14/kyle_cassidy_photographs_the_homes_of_oil_workers_in_north_dakota_in_the.html
> <http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2016/03/14/kyle_cassidy_photographs_the_homes_of_oil_workers_in_north_dakota_in_the.html>*
> >
> >
> *Thanks!*>
> >
> *Kyle*>