I, Joe Sutcliffe, was born in Louisiana, Missouri and grew up in the western Kansas town of Grainfield. The U.S. Navy during the Vietnam era took me far from my Kansas flatlands roots and gave me the opportunity to experience travel outside of the U.S. After the Navy, I continued my education and began my career in Information Technology, retiring after 20 years from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas. Photography had been a hobby since I was a teenager in 4-H, but over the years I developed many other interests including stained glass work, sculpture and pottery. My father was the photograp...