Underwood to be featured on Texas Country Reporter
Texas Country Reporter, Bob Phillips, interviewed Wes Underwood on March 31, for an upcoming segment to be aired in May. The segment will focus on Underwood’s passion for photography and his passion for telling the story of the “Lost and Forgotten.”
The “Lost and the Forgotten” is a collection of photographs that represent Underwood’s ten-year quest to record lost and forgotten cemeteries and graves. He has traveled more than 10,000 miles throughout Texas and the southwestern United States to capture more than 5,000 images and continues adds to it.
“I started shooting this series while working on my master’s degree in college as a class project,” Underwood said. “The subject intrigued me because of the contrast between well-manicured cemeteries compared to those that are lost and forgotten throughout the country.” He is always on the look out for more to photograph.
“I enjoy the history of the cemeteries, and the stories of the people who are buried there,” he said. “I feel the need to tell their untold stories to others.”
Underwood spends his day capturing the stories and students of South Plains College in his photographs, but in his time away from the college you can find him on Texas back roads looking for the lost and forgotten.
Underwood’s love for the outdoors comes thru very clear in the type of photography that he does, an avid outdoorsman he finds no greater pleasure then to be on a site to shoot as the sun breaks in the morning or sets in the evening.
Underwood has been published in several national magazines including The Cattleman, Saddle Baron, The Agriculturist and others.
Underwood is a graduate of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, with a M.S. in Agriculture Education and a B.S in Agricultural Communication and is currently the Photography Specialist at South Plains College in Levelland, Texas, as well as managing his own freelance photography company, WU Photo. To learn more about WU photo, become a fan on Facebook, follow on Twitter, or check out the website.
Underwood and his wife, Jackie, reside in Lubbock, Texas, with four children, Reba, Ashley, Mechelle, and Jay.
Texas Country Reporter is a highly acclaimed TV program that celebrates the history, emotion and beauty that make Texas and Texans so unique. Since 1972, Bob Phillips has traveled the backroads of the Lone Star State and shared the stories of real Texans. From artists to cowboys, hobbyists to musicians, Texas Country Reporter explores the passions, interests, and lifestyles of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Every week you’re invited to hop in and travel with Bob as he meets the folks that make Texas such a special place. For more information and an episode guide for Texas Country Reporter you can follow them on Facebook or visit their website.
Pictured are (L to R): Jason Anderson, Producer; Dan Stricklin, Videographer; Wes Underwood, and Bob Phillips, the Texas Country Reporter.
Story written by Reba Underwood, Photo by Myrna Whitehead.
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