Sometimes light and luck come together for an evocative composition. I was traveling along Michigan’s own Route 66 through the fallow farms of December. Snow had already fallen and had collected in the valleys of the plowed rows, a pattern that leads the eye to the classic barn and silo beyond. I consider this photograph an icon of our American roots, reminding me of the painter Andrew Wyeth and the poets Robert Frost and Wendell Berry.

Location: South of Ionia, Michigan, USA

LIMITED EDITION: This photographic print is part of a limited edition produced by photographer Lee Rentz. The edition consists of 250 prints, which includes all sizes and methods of printing.