Black & White

It was a good day for a walk, even without an umbrella.
Oklahoma State University quarterback Mike Gundy looks for a receiver just before being nailed by a Wyoming defender during the Holiday Bowl in 1988.
Two children play in a yard in Glencoe, Oklahoma in 1988.
A worker frames a steel building in Elk City, Oklahoma.
The Quaterback. The Cheerleader. Just like the song. From Stillwater, mid 1980s.
A Stillwater High tailback looks for room to run.
Cowboy football. Late 1980s.
This cat wasn’t too happy she was having her photo made.
A woman uses a shovel to remove snow from her car in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
A lonely football player from Stillwater, Oklahoma. Late 1980s.
Stillwater High School football.
More from the pro-wrestling circuit.
More from the OSUvUSL game.
A different look at media day at Oklahoma State University. Taken in the mid-1980s.
OSU Wrestling. Mid 1980s.
Baseball in Stillwater
Democratic Governor George Nigh speaks in Elk City.
Cowboy baseball.
OSU baseball.
OSU wrestling.
Second in the sequence.
Action from an Oklahoma State vs Wichita State baseball game.
OSU Football. Late 1980s
Former Gov. George Nigh.
Kids and tire swings. Pure Oklahoma.
McAlester HS Wrestling
Then-OSU baseball coach, Gary Ward.
Professional style wrestling in Elk City
A fairy princess captured in mid-spell.
A little boy rests after participating in a reenactment of the Oklahoma Land Run of 1889.
Little League in Elk City
Thumb-sucking is all part of the experience.
Years ago, I drew the assignment to cover the local county fair. I wasn’t happy. My editor said go shoot a picture of a kid with a cow. I found this, thought it was wonderful.
An Elk City girl waits for the ball during a Little League game.
Wrestling fans watch their favorites. From Elk City. Mid-1980s
A young boy adjusts his catcher’s mask during a Little League game in Elk City.
Albert White, a 93-year-old fisherman, from 1987.
Bartlesville’s Price Tower from a different view
Former President Gerald R. Ford speaks in Stillwater.
Scene from a protest by Chinese students at Oklahoma State in 1988
LLB, Elk City.
A woman cuddles a cat at the Stillwater Cat Show in 1988.
The owner of a paper recycling facility examines his stock in Glencoe.
It’s all in how you hold your tongue.
The writing is the hardest part.
A Little League baseball player calculates wind speed. Elk City. 1985
More Little League baseball from Elk City.
Little League Baseball in Elk City, Oklahoma.
The Glencoe Project. 1988
School comes early in rural Oklahoma.
Two men share coffee at the Maverick MiniMart in Glencoe.
A woman waits for her order at Gabby’s Kitchen.
In Glencoe, some of the workplaces are small and simple
The owner of Gabby’s Kitchen watches over her customers.
Sunrise, near Glencoe.
A workman starts his morning on top of a oil storage tank just outside of Glencoe.
Another look inside Ruby’s.
Light and texture.
Ruby’s CEO.
The CEO’s desk at Ruby’s.
A domino player considers his next move.
Dominos are serious business in Glencoe.
The shelves at Ruby’s in Glencoe.
The Maverick Mini Mart. Glencoe.
You’re never too young to express yourself.
Elementary school and the itsy-bitsy spider.
Two Glencoe High School students talk before school starts.
Early morning at Gabby’s Kitchen in Glencoe, Oklahoma.
My grandmother once told me “we’ll make do.” That belief is pretty evident in Glencoe.
Clothes hang on the line in Glencoe.
Ruby’s Flea Mart of Glencoe, Oklahoma.
Outside Ruby’s. Part of the Glencoe Project. 1988.
Sunlight streams through the windows at Glencoe’s lone elementary school.
My friend Thad, from 1983.
I never got his name, but he smiled as his burned the trash in his yard. Another shot from the Gelncoe project.
A man sells watermelons in Glencoe, OK.
Railroad tracks outside of Skeedee, Oklahoma.
A hawk observes his surroundings outside of Oilton, Oklahoma.
You’ll find all sorts of weird stuff on Route 66. Like this giant soda bottle at Pops, just outside of Edmond.
My mother, Jean. From 2015
Oklahoma State University professor Leonard Leff
The Arlex explosion in the 1980s.
The Arelex Explosion
More from by study of light and texture.
The Special Olympics in Stillwater. Mid-1980s.
Images from my hometown of Yale, Oklahoma.
Light, texture and shadow. Detail of a bird feeder.
Leslie, from a shoot in the early 1980s.
Urban scenes from a trip to Tulsa in 1984.
Summer in Oklahoma. Taken in 1986.
Sunset in western Oklahoma.
Urban Tulsa. Street Scene. 1988.
Former Governor Henry Belmon votes at Billings Oklahoma. Taken in 1987.
Lt. Governor Jari Askins, election night, 2010.
My dad, K.L. Carter
She’s hard at work.
Chinese students protest at Okahoma State University.
After a hard day, it’s off to bed.
Glance’s Main Street in January of 1988.
A young girl battles a cold January wind at Glencoe Elementary School.
It’s easy to find a spot in line at Ruby’s.

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