Bird teeth lunch of beans, Jonesport, Maine, August 2007 by Jonathan Levitt

Contender Jonathan Levitt writes that the images in the project, Wake to Songbirds Wake to Crows are about the "idea of home." When one looks to this series on his website, one finds photographs of chickens and horses, tractors and trailers, dogs running wild, and fresh tomatoes in the sunlight--an idea of home that is far from the urban bustle of HHS! HQ in downtown Manhattan. The fields looks idyllic and peaceful, like a place where the rhythms of the day move slowly and deliberately.

A photographer who comes by way of culinary school and time spent on farms, Levitt lives-by and observes the land with the eye of someone who has toiled many hours in the sun and dirt. His images whet the tongue with the lure of some kind of quiet life, where carrots are eaten after being pulled fresh from the ground and the eggs you cook with are never more than a few hours old. He tells a story about cycles--of life to death, morning to night, spring to fall--with this growing series of work, capturing elements of the spirit of rural Maine.

See more images by Jonathan Levitt on his website.