In the last few months I have moved with my family back to our native southern Illinois where my wife has begun teaching while I have forged ahead with a new project. In August I launched a new website and magazine, Rooted12, which features documentary photography focused on the midwest. It's been a bit chaotic but also exciting. 

Clouds billow above Steeleville, Ill. Aug. 12, 2015.

Storm clouds pass over a soybean field Aug. 10, 2015, near Chester, Ill.

Aaron Sheckles, left, watches as fellow coach Kobe Harris warms up with 11-year-old Brian Jackson June 13, 2015 before Jackson’s first fight at the Warehouse in Bloomington, In. The group came up from 5 Star Boxing in Louisville, Ky. for the event.

Eleven-year-old Brian Jackson, left, of Louisville, Ky., takes a swing at his opponent during the B-Town Boxing Classic June 13, 2015 in Bloomington, In. The event was his first fight. He trained for four months to take the win.

Rocky Freeman is ready to go shoot pool Jan. 7 2015 in Bloomington, In. Rocky along with his friends and fellow Stonebelt residents, Brad and Richard, shoot pool every Wednesday as part of their weekly Man's Night. This ran as part of a series in the first issue of Rooted12 Magazine .