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.”