Poorman Media

Photographs by Ethan Burnham

A wild turkey in full strut, tail fan lit from behind at dusk

Poorman Media

Photographs by Ethan Burnham

Wild turkeys, upland birds, and the country they live in. Photographed in Nebraska.

Prints available · Portfolio 2026

The work

Collections

  • Spring Gobblers

    Spring Gobblers

    Close enough to count the caruncles. Most of these took three mornings of sitting still and…

  • Against the Light

    Against the Light

    Backlit fans, roost silhouettes, and the half hour where the exposure is wrong no matter what…

  • Whitetail

    Whitetail

    Velvet in summer, and the field edge at the four minutes of the morning when it…

  • Upland

    Upland

    Roosters off the deck and birds working cut corn. Wide frames, because the empty field is…

  • Close Work

    Close Work

    A head at arm’s length. Blue, white, and a red you would not believe if you…

  • Water & Mud

    Water & Mud

    Whatever else is out there at eye level once you stop looking up.

Statement

Most of this was made in bad light with cold hands. That is usually the part worth keeping.

Prints

Take the timber home

Every frame here can be printed. Signed on the back, packed flat, shipped in a tube or framed to order.

SizePaper
8 × 10Cotton rag
11 × 14Cotton rag
16 × 24Cotton rag or luster
24 × 36Luster, framed to order
Sizes and papers are placeholders until the print shop is settled.