Christy Achen
Photographer + Videographer
Collection of work and commissioned pieces.
Way out here describes my approach to what I capture and create. This phrase reminds me to explore the depth of where I am, rural or elsewhere, and emphasize its originality no matter how unassuming. To be way out here is to give yourself distance, physically and mentallty, from the familiar or expected.
Print Shop
Selected prints on chosen mediums + frames
Click prints to customize. For special orders email hello@christyachen.com.
A good horse is worth their weight in gold.
Work Horse is a collection of horse and rural photographs printed directly on wood.
Rural is a collection of rural portraits taken in southwestern Kansas and southern Colorado.
At the time, I was picturing this horse for a sale. The current owners saddled him up with lasso, bit and all to show any potential buyers that he is trained and well-mannered.
Work Horse is a collection of horse and rural photographs printed directly on wood.
Deep sunsets soak the landscape and whoever roams it for much longer in the vast spaces of southwest KS.
Work Horse is a collection of horse and rural photographs printed directly on wood.
Sometimes the only way you know it's fall out here is because the corn is all reaped.
Work Horse is a collection of horse and rural photographs printed directly on wood.
Horses live in a matriarchal society and their herds are led by a strong female - the alpha mare. At the bottom of the pecking order is the omega with scars to prove it.
Work Horse is a collection of horse and rural photographs printed directly on wood.
Whether the villain or not; the story usually plays out the same.
Work Horse is a collection of horse and rural photographs printed directly on wood.
Longhorn herd on the south side of Holcomb, KS. A fitting foreword to the town and coincidentally the school mascot.
Rural is a collection of rural portraits taken in southwestern Kansas and southern Colorado.
I've been amazed by the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Mosca, CO since I first found it on a trip to Pagosa Springs. Looking starting at the shadowed sand at the bottom leading into the lighted sand gives me the closest feeling to being there in person. It's now a stop I always make while on my way to the San Jaun mountains. If you're taking the southern route you should stop too.
Rural is a collection of rural portraits taken in southwestern Kansas and southern Colorado.
Same cow as the Lakin Cow but edited over a white background. After taking this photo I immediately imagined it like this - A modern cow for a modern world.
Rural is a collection of rural portraits taken in southwestern Kansas and southern Colorado.
Three beefers enjoying the winter wheat and endless scratching posts in the form of irrigator tires. An aerial view would show you circles upon circles (pivots) - A place for crops and cattle.
Rural is a collection of rural portraits taken in southwestern Kansas and southern Colorado.
Taken at the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Mosca, CO. Seeing this reminds me how multiple simple elements all togehter gives a photo depth.
Rural is a collection of rural portraits taken in southwestern Kansas and southern Colorado.
The smaller elevator of the two in Lakin, KS. Living here I almost feel required to photograph grain elevators. They dot the landscape and sometimes are placed in the middle of nowhere. The feeling of obligation faded, and as you can see for yourself the worn utility and colors can be stunning.
Rural is a collection of rural portraits taken in southwestern Kansas and southern Colorado.
About
Growing up in the country, I developed a connection to the quiet, expansive space and practiced photography by capturing the life that moved within it—the people, animals, and land.
