Augo Photograph & Essay

Linda London works on the neck of a customer's guitar at her luthier shop in Lincoln, Neb. London and her husband, Dale London, began repairing instruments in Lincoln in 1969. Dale passed away in 2004 but Linda has maintained the business, claiming she would go crazy without it.

An elementary student goes face to face with a boa constrictor during Naturepalooza--an annual event at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln that offers young people the chance to get their hands dirty with science and nature.

Twin brothers Gayle and Dale Stuefer, of Lincoln, Neb., converse during the long wait for election results at the Nebraska Republican Party banquet on voting day 2012.

"Minnesota Slim" fires a pistol during a quickdraw competition at the Memorial Park ballfields in Valentine, Nebraska.

U.S. Navy Electrician's Mate 2nd Class Edward Guthrie, a survivor of the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor during World War II and current resident of Omaha, Neb., wipes a tear as the names of fellow veterans are called out to more than 80,000 football fans during a Veteran's Day ceremony at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Neb.

Valery Killscrow-Copeland helps a Lincoln student bundle up before taking her to a local elementary school for enrollment. Killscrow-Copeland is an advocate for the Lincoln Public School system's Native American population.

A crowd of Occupy Lincoln activists shout from outside the Wells Fargo bank in downtown Lincoln as members of local law enforcement prepare to arrest a group of occupiers who refused to leave the bank's lobby in an act of protest against the US government's bailout of large financial institutions.

Shanvaj, 9-year-old son of a mahout in New Delhi, India, plays on a 35-year-old female elephant named Kanchan on May 17, 2012.

Auh Nguyen and Minh Nguyen practice their Dragon Dance routine in the hallways of the Nebraska Student Union in Lincoln, Nebraska on Saturday, April 7, 2012. The two would be performing in front of the Hello Vietnam banquet just an hour later.

Down 28-0 at halftime, Valentine Badgers running back Wyatt Hitchcock composes himself in the Chadron High visitor's locker room after his team has left to take the field.

Teams of three attempt to calm, saddle, and ride unbroken horses at the 2014 Rosebud Casino 4th of July Rodeo near Sicangu Village, South Dakota.