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She smiled slightly and let me make a few photographs of her. We never spoke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc590b60062470e68c9f08/8a54efed-15a9-4f6b-bb4c-0f9fb4085132/IMG_6994.jpg People Lakota hoop dancer, Norfolk, Nebraska https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc590b60062470e68c9f08/e0e4b41b-d70b-4237-85f7-d6c30b5001ea/IMG_5359.jpg People Accordion player in Central Park, NYC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc590b60062470e68c9f08/0fdbdf12-d4da-4d09-a99d-8c336d2c642a/IMG_6472.jpg People Powwow dancer, Winnebago, Nebraska https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc590b60062470e68c9f08/e97042b5-02fb-43e4-84e7-df52f91d4703/IMG_5407.jpg People Central park musician https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc590b60062470e68c9f08/747704f4-33ef-43e8-afc7-ff61b5399e05/IMG_1479.jpg People Dance demonstrators at the Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, Nebraska https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc590b60062470e68c9f08/c7cbe3e6-882c-47bf-bc5a-08357f9fd768/IMG_5415.jpg People Wedding photos in Central Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc590b60062470e68c9f08/66cb72b7-0bfc-4ac5-8c26-6ce1fa2eaa0e/IMG_7162.jpg People Jumping for joy at Lake McConaughy, Nebraska https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc590b60062470e68c9f08/d619b159-30b5-4ecc-b9b9-f554888bd590/IMG_4998.jpg People Penn Station, NYC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc590b60062470e68c9f08/2029a7d5-dfb8-4c96-b8ac-73a31e1568b5/IMG_7824.jpg People Baton twirler warm-ups before a University of Nebraska football game, Memorial Stadium, Lincoln https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc590b60062470e68c9f08/33d79ae4-5221-4cfa-9e48-f5a35272d19c/IMG_1344.jpg People Dancers from the Asian Community & Cultural Center, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc590b60062470e68c9f08/12415a88-475c-4d82-9335-f0775ef7308f/IMG_1365.jpg People https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc590b60062470e68c9f08/6baec9df-2015-40e7-89dc-d3dabce10853/IMG_8718.jpg People DJ at the National Youth Poet Laureate competition, Omaha, Nebraska https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc590b60062470e68c9f08/0b4b2759-229c-489c-98f5-9be44f4ba204/IMG_1330.jpg People https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc590b60062470e68c9f08/83ce7d13-2993-48a0-b613-ed44e8ad8cbf/IMG_7214.jpg People Saddling up to round up some cattle in the Nebraska Sandhills https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc590b60062470e68c9f08/1469a88b-7685-40aa-ba86-952bd40ce563/IMG_9797.jpg People Coffee shop music at the Charging Station, Havelock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc590b60062470e68c9f08/20ca621c-78f6-4e6b-8c1d-bb3c1d7592ea/IMG_1428.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc590b60062470e68c9f08/17feb422-46c7-49d9-a768-02f20513f206/IMG_8350-2.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc590b60062470e68c9f08/e38f77c2-d8d5-4864-83a8-d3ef97ad2ec7/IMG_5171.jpg https://www.chrissommerich.com/wildlife daily 0.75 2026-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc590b60062470e68c9f08/dddce6ca-4547-48be-9102-360344e682ea/IMG_8439.jpg Wildlife Fox running past my house on our wintry street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc590b60062470e68c9f08/970e6855-e5ff-4682-80a7-e5aebaa859e7/IMG_2911.jpg Wildlife Herd of bison managed by the Crane Trust near Alda, Nebraska https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc590b60062470e68c9f08/d0a0cac5-2f3c-449f-ad20-13e1224be209/IMG_9440.jpg Wildlife Pronghorn (three youngsters and an adult) hightailing it away from me in the Nebraska panhandle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc590b60062470e68c9f08/4febcb7c-a8ed-4bad-bef8-0af47d8c651f/IMG_8007.jpg Wildlife Mule deer leaping a fence in the Nebraska Sandhills https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66fc590b60062470e68c9f08/3011f9b2-7ef1-4209-9653-293113f280e4/IMG_1943.jpeg