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    Home » Everything Amish » Plain Culture

    Amish in the News Special: Rare Photos? Maybe not, but interesting

    Published: Mar 10, 2017 · Updated: Mar 10, 2017 by Kevin Williams | 1 Comment

    Most Amish in Holmes County, Ohio still farm with horses, but some more progressive groups do use tractors.

    By Kevin Williams

    The British tabloid The Sun had a photo spread this week that trumpeted a "rare glimpse" inside the "famously reclusive" Amish culture.  Part of that is typical tabloid shtick.  While photography among the Amish is still the exception rather than the rule we aren't dealing with a caveman culture.  The Amish are out among the English each day, with elements of them participating in film and publishing projects.  So while The Sun can pat themselves on the back for some wonderfully insightful and rich photos, I think calling them "rare" is a bit of a reach. But that is just my take on it.  That said, the photos are very interesting.  Personally, these photos evoke a lot of mixed emotions in me. I've experienced most of these scenes first hand and some, I do use the qualifying word some, of the Amish are among the best, most good-natured, salt-of-the-earth people I've ever met.  And these photos capture that. I LOVE the photo of the man eating breakfast, presumably by himself, early in the morning.

    I'd be very curious as to WHERE these photos were taken. Well, we know it's Holmes County, Ohio but there is such a rich panoply of Plain in this part of the world.

    If I had to guess these are members of the New Order Amish Fellowship (or New New Order) Amish. The New Order Amish Fellowship is more receptive to photography.  This is a horse and buggy group, but they are quite progressive. They farm with tractors and do allow some limited electric. I'm not 100 percent sure that the lighting you see in the photos isn't electric.

    I had to chuckle a bit when I read that these photos from a British photographer were assembled while covering the Presidential campaign of Rick Santorum. No wonder he lost, if he was spending his time canvassing for Amish votes, he was barking up the wrong tree. They generally don't vote!  Anyway, click here to view the whole photo spread from The Sun.

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    About Kevin Williams

    Hi, my name is Kevin Williams and I am owner of Oasis Newsfeatures and editor of The Amish Cook newspaper column.

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    1. Nana

      March 10, 2017 at 4:05 pm

      I enjoyed the photos although I actually see Amish every day. They travel the highway past my house and almost invariably wave.

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