National Geographic captures Kansas’ beauty

Kansas photojournalist Jim Richardson has a glorious 22-page spread in the April issue of National Geographic magazine. Richardson’s photos illustrate an article detailing the exquisite beauty of the Kansas Flint Hills.
Having grown up on a farm near Belleville, Richardson knows that Kansans tend to suffer from an inferiority complex. He was determined that the photos of the Flint Hills would rival those of any other American landscape — whether it be the Grand Canyon or the Rocky Mountains. He succeeded.
Posted by Patrice Hein

9 Comments

  1. writerdog
    Posted March 30, 2007 at 2:59 am | Permalink

    Anyone who has stood looking out over the Flint hills, stood on the river bank of the Arkansas the other side of Hutchinson, set on a back county road a couple of miles outside of Wichita knows the beauty of Kansas.

  2. GSheridan
    Posted March 30, 2007 at 4:22 am | Permalink

    Thanks for the info. This is one issue I’ll be picking up.

  3. JWink
    Posted March 30, 2007 at 6:35 am | Permalink

    As a long-time fan of the beautiful Flint Hills particularly in Chase County, I’m looking forward to reading this National Geographic article.

  4. raptor
    Posted March 30, 2007 at 7:12 am | Permalink

    Love it…people finding POSITIVES about our state! What great concept!

  5. Ben Huie
    Posted March 30, 2007 at 9:11 am | Permalink

    The thing that strikes me about the Flint Hills is simply how peaceful it is. What a place to watch a beautiful sunset!

  6. Joe Williams
    Posted March 30, 2007 at 9:24 am | Permalink

    And the bikers who go to Cassoday on the first Sunday of each month. ;)

  7. political_mom
    Posted March 30, 2007 at 6:11 pm | Permalink

    Richardson has a studio in Lindsborg. It is definately worth stopping in for.

  8. Jed
    Posted March 30, 2007 at 7:31 pm | Permalink

    Yeah, the Flint Hills are one of a few areas in Kansas that make landscape photography worthwhile, and Jim Richardson has done a good job there.

  9. Bill Smith
    Posted April 2, 2007 at 10:20 pm | Permalink

    It has been very interesting to have a Google Alert for Blogs on “Kansas Flint Hills!”Yours came up today!We now have a 22 county Flint Hills Tourism Coalition – this is the new website: http://www.kansasflinthills.travel/Our web site is to promote the Kansas Flint Hills; and we are so happy to be in the 22 page color photo spread in National Geographic’s April Issue on the Kansas Flint Hills, as a distinctive landscape.

    We are really looking forward to the increased interest following that event.We would appreciate a link from your site, to ours, if you are willing to do so. THANKS!Best wishes!

    Bill ;-)