The Great Plains Art Museum is featuring the second set of images captured by four UNL photographers who spent summer 2009 documenting the economic upheaval in Nebraska caused by the current recession. The photographs in “Searching for the Real Nebraska: A Photo Essay on the Great Recession” were taken by associate professor Bruce Thorson (news-editorial) […]

Photos capture economic woes in Cornhusker State The Great Plains Art Museum will present the work of four photographers documenting the economic upheaval in Nebraska caused by the current recession. An exhibition of photography by UNL photojournalism students Patrick Breen, Kyle Bruggeman, Clay Lomneth and associate professor Bruce Thorson depicts the state’s residents sharing their […]

Bruce Thorson, professor of journalism, and three students – Patrick Breen, Kyle Bruggeman and Clay Lomneth – spent the summer driving across Nebraska on a search for stories related to the current economic recession. Read about their trip at http://unlphotojournalism.blogspot.com/.