Sioux City

“With a poignancy peculiar to photographic images,

the past is captured while its obliteration

is strongly implied.”—John Updike.

First view, December 26, 2005.

Thirds, 29 December 2009.

Second view, downtown, December 24, 2005.

Third view, the Missouri River, December 26, 2005.

Fourth view, December 26, 2005.

Fifth view, ice fishing hut, December 27, 2005.

Sixth view, Stone Park, December 28, 2005.

Seventh view, December 26, 2005.

Eighth view, the airport church, December 26, 2005.

Ninth view, Sioux City is in Iowa, December 27, 2005.

Tenth view, Loess Hills, Plymouth County, December 23, 2005.

Eleventh view, the Big Sioux River, South Dakota on the left, Iowa on the right, December 28, 2005.

Twelfth view,  Christmas Eve, 2005.

Thirteenth view, Sunset: Iowa, South Dakota, and Nebraska, December 28, 2005.

Fourteenth view,  Loess Hills, Briar Cliff University, Christmas Eve, 2005.

Fifteenth view,  Floyd Monument, December 26, 2005.

Sixteenth view,  Loess Hills, Briar Cliff University, Christmas Eve, 2005.

Seventeenth view, the Missouri River, December 26, 2005.

Eighteenth view, South Dakota cemetary, from Iowa, December 28, 2005.

Ninteenth view, December 28, 2005.

Twentieth view, December 26, 2006.

Twenty-first view, December 26, 2006.

Twenty-second view, December 26, 2006.

Twenty-third view, December 26, 2006.

Twenty-fourth view, December 26, 2006.

Twenty-fifth view, December 26, 2006.


Sioux City, Iowa, a city of 80,000, sits at the confluence of the Missouri, Big Sioux, and Floyd Rivers in the Loess Hills of northwestern Iowa. South Sioux City, Nebraska is just across the Missouri River; North Sioux City, South Dakota is just across the Big Sioux River. My family moved to Sioux City, from Norfolk, Nebraska, in 1974, when I was in the fifth grade. I lived in Sioux City until 1986, when I left for graduate school.