A Long Time Ago In A Galaxy Far, Far Away

• Photographer
  Nicholas Dunn

Lower Fox Creek School was one of the earliest schools in Tallgrass Prairie, Kansas. It was built in 1882, and the first class opened in 1884. As the settlers established themselves, the one-room schoolhouse was built. They believe that only through education and knowledge could a child one day fulfill the American Dream. School attendance ranged from 3 to 19 students with all eight grades. The school was closed in 1930. The building was restored from 1968 to 1972 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Nicholas Dunn began photographing at age ten, inspired by his father and grandmother. From the Kansas plains to landscapes abroad, he developed a style rooted in abstraction, where nature reads like drawing or design. By eighteen, his work earned international recognition, including multiple honors at the International Photography Awards with a second place in Architecture/Historic. Through fire, water, ice, and land, Nicholas seeks to reveal the patterns and fleeting visions etched by the earth itself.