Justin Tedford Fine Art Photography

Justin Tedford is a fine art photographer, author, and educator based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He grew up in Harrison County, in the Loess Hills of western Iowa, and spent much of his childhood on his grandparents’ farm. That landscape still shapes his work today. He started out wanting to photograph wildlife and later turned to landscapes. His work is a long study of Iowa: its rolling hills, open fields, and fading rural places. He has published three books: Iowa: Land Between Two Rivers, Vanishing America: A Journey Through the Forgotten Relics of Route 66, and The Art of Seeing: Developing the Photographer's Eye. Justin is a senior staff writer for Fstoppers and judges photography at the Iowa State Fair. He also teaches photographers through his education brand, The Framework. Each print in this collection comes from his belief that the most ordinary places often hold the most to see.

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Gas Stations

There was a time when someone would fill your tank, check your oil, and wash your windshield with a smile. Today, many of those stations sit quiet along back roads and forgotten highways, with faded signs, rusted pumps, and windows that haven’t seen a customer in decades. This collection is about the filling stations left behind, and the small pieces of American history they still hold.