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Photograph Pioneer Spirit

Rusting antique farm machinery is a staple of the prairie landscape, but Saskatchewan old-timer Wilf Stamm wouldn’t let that happen on his spread. That very morning as Stamm ventured forth with his paint buckets, his son chided him for spending time on old junk. Imagine how vindicated Stamm felt toward sunset when I stopped and wanted to make photographs. He told me, “I’d rather wear out than rust out.”


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