“Larry Schwarm’s photographs of fire on the prairie are so compelling that I cannot imagine any later photographer trying to do better. His pictures convince us that seemingly far away events are close by, relevant to any serious person’s life.”
Robert Adams, from the introduction to “On Fire”
Fire near Cassoday, Kansas
Waves of fire near cattle pens, Chase County, Kansas
Glowing tree with smoke, Chase County, Kansas
Wheat stubble fire, Eastern Colorado - 1991
Roiling fire, Lyon County, Kansas
Late night fire near BETO Junction, Coffey County, Kansas
Billowing smoke, Lyon County, Kansas
Prairie Fire near Cassoday, Kansas
Breathless - southern Edwards County, Kansas
Fire and pond, Chase County, Kansas
Distant Fires, Chase County, Kansas
Burned pasture at dusk, Chase County, Kansas
Fire and moon along Bloody Creek Road, Chase County, Kansas
Heavy smoke from grass fire south of Emporia, Kansas
Fire on Highland Ranch, Chase County, Kansas
Lake Michigan, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - 1988
Leaping flames, Lyon County, Kansas
Light from fire, west of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas
CRP fire off Lockerman Road, south of Emporia, Kansas
Line of fire east of Peyton Creek, Chase County, Kansas
Converging fires near burns, Kansas
Smoldering pasture at sunset, north of Emporia, Kansas
Smoke from CRP fire, Edwards County, Kansas
Fire with tree, off Lockerman Road, south of Emporia Kansas
Fire cresting hill south of Haviland, Kiowa County, Kansas
CRP fire near Garden Plain, Kansas
Smoke and clouds north of Bazaar, Kansas
Burning grass along Bloody Creek Road, Chase County, Kansas
Grass fire near Kingman, Kansas
End of grass fire (#2) near Kiowa Edwards County line
Divided. South of Wellsford, Kansas
Yellow smoke with black ash, Lyon County, Kansas
North of Lake Afton, Sedgwick County, Kansas
Approaching fire in Edwards County, Kansas
Grass fire off Brownlee Road, southwest of Sylvia, Kansas
Grass fire in Edwards County, Kansas
Dancing flames - CRP burn, Reno County, Kansas
Grass fire in Reno County, Kansas
Burning sugar cane, Bayou Tesch, Louisiana
Earth, fire & water, Z-Bar Ranch, Chase County, Kansas
Three trees burning, Z-Bar Ranch, Chase county
Grass with burned field on horizon, Lyon County, Kasnsas
Birning tree with Ryder sky, Chase County, Kansas
Converging fires near Burns, Kansas
Flint hills at sunset along Sharpe's Creek Road
Southeast Washington state (Palouse area), 1989
Fire (before & after), Lyon County, Kansas
Lines of fire, Chase County, Kansas
Fire, Easter night, Chase County, Kansas
Fire whorl, Lyon County, Kansas
Snow near Greensburg, Kansas - 1988
Grass and winter wheat, Kiowa County, Kansas
Fast moving thunderstorm south of Greensburg, Kansas
Burning grass, Lyon County, Kansas
Curved line of fire, Chase County, Kansas
Fire cresting hill, Chase County, Kansas
Windmill in fire off LockermanRoad, Lyon county, Kansas
Pond at sunset, south of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas
Smoke passage, Chase County, Kansas
CRP fire north of Haviland, Kansas
Farming & Agricultural Landscapes
Laurence and Pauline Schwarm in front of their 100 year-old farm - June 2011
Planting petunias, Kiowa County, Kansas - May 5, 2012
Combines and oil wells - Ellsworth County, Kansas
Country Cafe - Mullinville, Kansas (after Hopper)
Ki unloading wheat from hopper to truck, Kiowa County, Kansas - 2012
Drought-damaged wheat with storm clouds, just east of Elkhart, Kansas, July 2011
Milo piled on ground, Greensburg, Kansas
Supper break during wheat harvest, southeast of Wilson, Kansas - Summer 2011
Breakfast during wheat harvest, southeast of Wilson, Kansas - 2011
Custom Mills Feed Store near Arlington, Kansas – 2012
Postal Station, Belvidere, Kansas (Southern Kiowa County)
ATV tracks on Arkansas River bed, south of Holcomb, Kansas - 2012
Inside tower silo looking up, Kingman County near Rago, Kansas (after Turrell) - February 6, 2012
Generations: Filling a stock tank - about six miles south of Greensburg, Kansas
Preparing seedbed for wheat, near Cunningham, Kanas 2011
Mural in Palco, Kansas - July 5, 2012
Mom and daughter walking down Main Street in Pretty Prairie, Kansas - 2012
Laurence and Batxer. Kiowa County, Kansas, November 2010
Armadillo and quail in window, Kiowa County, Kansas. August 2011
Divided: Wabaunsee County, Kansas
Prize winning flowers, Kiowa County Fair - July 2011
Bales of cotton west of Cullison, Kansas - November 2017
County identification chart in grain truck, Kiowa County, Kansas - 2012
Plains Inn Motel in Scott City, Kansas - May 2012
Steel grain bins on Ehmke Seed Farm, southwest of Dighton, Kansas, May 2013
Bedroom on second floor of Konkel House in Haviland, Kansas - August 2013
Young farmers tending livestock at the Kiowa County Fair, July 2013
Painting cemetery fence near Potter, Kansas - April 2012
Blackbirds two days after a full moon, between Cairo and Pratt, Kansas - October 2011
Window crank on Ford grain truck, Wilson County, Kansas - June 2011
Wind turbine blade waiting to be unloaded at Flat Ridge 2 Wind Farm, Harper County, Kansas – May 2012
”You know” painted on metal building n Elkhart, Kansas, 2011
Poultry auction in Yoder, Kansas, March 2012
Empty train cars in wheat field near Friend, Kansas - May 2012
Bowling at the Kiowa County Senior Center - Greensburg, Kansas
Driving south on County Road 35, Kiowa County, Kansas - December 2014
Weighting tarp with old tires, Brookover Ranch Feed Yard, May 2012
Armadillo and quail in window, Kiowa County, Kansas, August 2011
Thunderstorm north of Cassoday, Kansas - about midnight, April 22, 2009
Drought damaged wheat with storm clouds, just east of Elkhart, Kansas - July 2011
Empty train cars in wheat field near Friend, Kansas
Bowling at the Kiowa County Senior Center - Greensburg, Kansas
Display at Kiowa County Fair, Greensburg, Kansas - 2011
