In 1966, Joseph Night made his first attempt at photographing South Dakota, with a 1945 Mercury half-frame camera in hand as he stole his father’s Jeep and took off to capture cornstalks in a Walworth County snowstorm near Selby, SD. His work remains focused on his immediate environment, most recently this being his children and rural Clay County in southeastern South Dakota. Joseph states that most of his photos are from within two miles of his home, a semi-rural area with a low enough level of traffic that he can afford to slam on the brakes when he sees the opportunity for an image. He is a self-taught photographer who continues to work with 35 mm, medium, and large-format cameras.