Jason Baker, 46, drives through Dallas, Texas while enroute to Houston on Sunday, June 26, 2022. Jason lives on the road full time with his wife, Monica, 51, and their two dogs, Nelly and Porthos. The couple sold their home after buying a "big bunk," which is an extended sleeper cab, which features most of the amenities of a mobile home.

CA-46. Lost Hills, California. June 2022.

Fernando Mendez (right) of Veracruz, Mexico sorts the cash while working the ball toss game for Casey's Rides Incorporated, at the Harrison County Fair, in Cynthiana, Kentucky on Thursday, July 22, 2021.

Casey's Rides Incorporated starts in northern Tennessee every summer then travels the carnival circuit throughout Kentucky for 9 months every year. The majority of the workers have H2B visas from Mexico and are complemented by a handful of domestic laborers. The turbulence of the visa program is based on a lottery system with the total amounts of H2B workers being dependent on fluctuating unemployment rates.
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Students enjoy a period of free swimming at the CRWC in Iowa City on Tuesday, April 24, 2018. This was one of the class' last practice sessions before their open water certification at Lake Pearl, Illinois this summer. (James Year/The Daily Iowan)

The Iroquois called this river heh-hah-wa-gah, or Where Swim the Sweet Fish. Today it’s known as the Salmon River. The salmon run starts in early September and attracts anglers from all over the world. The downtown Pulaski area is one of the more popular public access spots on the waterway.

Andre Wilson takes a truckload from Syracuse to Mount Joy, PA on Thursday, March 17, 2022.

Wilson had to wait approximately 3 hours to be loaded when he reached his destination. These types of delays are common throughout the industry and is often a point of contention for drivers. The industry typically pays by the mile and many companies do not compensate drivers for their time spent waiting to be loaded.

Andre Wilson spends time with his kids at home during a relaxing evening in Syracuse, NY on Saturday, January 29, 2022. Willson generally covers several thousand miles a week and is a second generation truck driver. He has two son’s who are considering becoming the third. (James Year/Syracuse University)

Paul Marhoefer says goodbye to his wife Denise for a long haul down to Florida in June of 2023. Marhoefer hauls refrigerated trailers for a family-owned company out of Ohio.

Iowa City Jeweler, Willa Dickens, poses for a portrait in his office on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. He's been working In the business for 75 years and says, "It's a challenge everyday with the beautiful and interesting things in the jewelry business. How can I be so lucky to call it work?" (James Year/The Daily Iowan)

Bill Weldon, a Marine Corp veteran receives an echo cardiogram to check for complications due to his Agent Orange exposure while at Khe Sanh in Vietnam, shortly before the Tet Offensive in 1967. (James Year/The Life That Remains workshop with VII Photo)

Scarlett (pseudonym) ends her Onlyfans video at her home on Thursday, October 28, 2021. She has been shifting to online entertainment platforms to protect her health due to the pandemic.

Content creators across the country have had to compete with a surge of newcomers, who have flocked to platforms like Onlyfans. It’s provided a way to distance themselves from health risks, give them an opportunity to work remotely, and earn additional income with flexible scheduling. In the last year, the number of creators on that specific platform rose by 40% and had a 600% increase in growth for that company over that period.

Nate “Nader” Hayslip, 13, fires a 45 Caliber muzzleloader into the hills and over a residential area with Robert Lawson in Haydenville, Ohio on Saturday, February 1st, 2020. Haydenville was the last operating company town in the state of Ohio and is currently unincorporated, meaning that no noise ordinance laws are in effect. The pair went off to shoot at a propane tank shortly after this image was taken. (James Year/Ohio University)

Joe Wood and Jesse Florence rearrange some beef to get to the order needed for processing at the Riverview Meat Company on Tuesday, May 25, 2021.

The Riverview Meat Company is Harrison County's only meatpacking establishment. The meatpacking industry is highly consolidated, which forces some local farmers and meat producers in northern Kentucky to ship their animals as far as eastern Pennsylvania for processing needs. There are some other smaller butcher shops like Riverview in the local area, but most are fully booked a year or more in advance. (James Year/Boyd’s Station)

Dan Furnish’s cattle as seen roaming the pasture in front of his irrigation system in Cynthiana, Kentucky. Furnish has a reputation for producing high quality beef and has sold some of locally to Riverview Meat Company, for sale in the community. However, the majority of his cattle are sold on contract to Cargill Incorporated in eastern Pennsylvania, which is one of the few large scale professors available to Furnsih and is a 10 hour drive away. (James Year/Boyd’s Station)

Russell Wilson Case, 73, poses for a portrait while harvesting 40 acres of barley on his farm on Wednesday, June 23, 2021. Case farms barley with his son, RT, who runs South Fork Malthouse. The malthouse is the only one in the state of Kentucky and fills orders with local distilleries and craft breweries.

(Left to right) Janessa Ross, Eric Carson, Michael Rollyson, Brooklyn Camp and Eva Sheeter react to Field of Screams volunteer, Seth Coleman, jumping down from his scarecrow platform on Saturday, October 5, 2019. (James Year/Ohio University)

Ezra Smith, 5, runs through the cool water being sprayed by a firehose during a Juneteenth Block Party at Sherman Oliver Ross Park in Cynthiana, Kentucky on Saturday, June 19, 2021.

The event marked the first celebration of Juneteenth in Cynthiana, since it was officially recognized as a federal holiday two days prior on June 17th. The holiday commemorates the Union Army reaching Galveston, Texas who were there to enforce the emancipation of the last of the African Americans from slavery. (James Year/Boyd’s Station)

Sean Duke stows the cast iron tracks of the Jalopy Junction ride at the Harrison County Fair on Saturday, July 24, 2021.

Duke works for Casey’s Rides Incorporated, which is a carnival company that covers Northern Tennessee and Kentucky for 9 months of the year. The employees are mostly Mexican H2B visa workers with a handful of domestic employees. Despite being severely short staffed, the company was still able tear down the carnival and was ready to move within four hours. (James Year/Boyd’s Station)

Bernabe Reyes. Bakersfield, California. July 2022.

I-5 in Northern California.

Zana Gervais stands for a portrait while spooling line in the Salmon River Sports Shop on Saturday, October 15, 2022. Zana is a third-generation store owner and bought the store from her family in 2020. She is an expert angler and is actively sought out by visitors for her educational videos on Youtube.

When asked about the history of privatization of the river she stated, “I do recall when that first happened, it being a big deal. I remember the energy of it. That’s all anyone wanted to talk about. Now, it’s just taken as part of the fishery and something that’s accepted. Like ‘alright, this is happening. It can happen.’ It’s happening more all the time.”

Brennon climbs the ladder to his room in the attic at his home in Haydenville, Ohio on March, 2nd, 2020.

Brennon shares the bedroom with two brothers and the rest of the home with four other siblings and two parents. The family had been doing well since the parents have been successfully recovering from drug addiction over the 18 months prior to this image being taken. They were on the upswing and the kids had most of what they wanted. Their home was neat and orderly, as much as could be expected given the size, with the exception of one room, which was reserved for games, art, and mayhem.

Local volunteer firefighters from multiple departments conduct a controlled burn on a farmhouse for training near Sheldon, Iowa on Thursday, Aug 15, 2019. Controlled training burns used to be much more common in the area until insurance and environmental regulation limited the practice. Currently, volunteer fire departments are allotted two controlled burns per year, if suitable structures are available. (James Year/Personal Project)

Kristen Day welds a frame for a sleeper cab extension at her job in Shipshewana, Indiana on Tuesday, July 19, 2022.

Heavy rains pound the now closed AP Greene Refractory complex in Mexico, Missouri on Sunday, Jun. 16, 2019. (James Year/The Life That Remains workshop with VII Photo)