At The Mink Farm

Every day is different in the world of photojournalism.  One day you may be photographing the governor and the next you’re covering the U.S Snowboard Grand Prix.  Many days you’re on a wild-goose chase, tracking down images to tell the story.  This was the case last week when Pat Parkinson, county reporter, and I traveled to Coalville in search of mink farmers.

Mink farming has been a staple in Summit County for nearly a century, and Utah is the second-largest state in America for mink.  Summit County is the home of the Blackglama, one of the most desired pelts in the fur industry.

With all these farms you’d think it would be easy to contact a rancher, but these individuals rarely talk to outsiders and especially not the media.  So it was a complete shock when Parkinson and I were invited in to one of the oldest running mink farms in America.

New post on Igloo Chronicles, “At the Mink Farm.”

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About Grayson West

Is currently photographing for the Park Record in Park City, UT. West attended San Jose State University from 1997- 2000 majoring in Photojournalism with History minor. Was a staff photographer for the Spartan Daily in the spring of 1998, and returned as the Chief Photographer in the fall of 1998. Served a summer internship at the Oakland Tribune in 1998, continued to freelance for the Alameda News Group till 2000. Summer intern for the Oshkosh Northwestern in Wisconsin in 2000. Served two summer internships for The Salt Lake Tribune in 2001 and 2002, was an official 2002 Winter Olympic photographer for the Tribune. Chief Photographer for The Park Record in Park City, Utah 9/02-12/06 returned to the Park Record 7/09.
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One Response to At The Mink Farm

  1. Avatar of Erik Daenitz Erik Daenitz says:

    I’m still stoked on that carpet.

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