20 Instagrams Showing The True Beauty Of America

Award winning photo journalist, David Guttenfelder, was named “Instagram Photographer of the Year” by Time magazine. His work has shown some of the most beautiful and breathtaking photographs of the American Midwest.

Recently David started working for the National Geographic where he was sent to show the true beauty of America with some brilliant photography featuring animals, christian crosses, mountain landscapes and snow.

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“Work commute. Grand Teton National Park near Jackson, Wyoming.”

“A horse at Hell’s A-Roarin’ Outfitter stands in a hilltop corral overlooking Yellowstone National Park.”

“Snow covered pine stand on a hillside in Montana’s Gallatin National Forest.”

“8 year old Jake uses a fence to climb down from his horse as he helps his parents Jim and Sandy Morgan round up the family’s cattle near Bridger, Montana.”

“U.S. flags, military patches, memorial messages and ‘Thank You’s’ to U.S. veterans cover a telephone pole along a county road between Menlo and Greenfield, Iowa dedicated to U.S. Veterans. “

A photo posted by David Guttenfelder (@dguttenfelder) on Dec 27, 2014 at 12:26pm PST

A photo posted by David Guttenfelder (@dguttenfelder) on Dec 27, 2014 at 8:31am PST

“A road sign, riddled with gunshot holes, stands along a gravel road leading from Gardiner, Montana to the town of Jardine along the boundary of a Yellowstone National Park.”

“Susie, a 20-something year old mare, eats as her mane blows in the breeze on a hillside in Montana’s Paradise Valley.”

“A biologist with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, left, and an assistant recover and test the remains of a bighorn sheep which died of pneumonia near the town of Gardiner along the boundary with Yellowstone National Park.”

Land on the edge of Bozeman, Montana.

A photo posted by David Guttenfelder (@dguttenfelder) on Dec 22, 2014 at 1:51pm PST

“Yearling sheep crowd a trail as they climb into the Gravelly Mountains for summer pasture above Montana’s Madison Valley.”

“Solo bison”

“Roadside crosses mark the site of three who died along a two-lane highway south of Grass Range, Montana.”

“Dogs in pickup trucks. Grand Teton National Park.”

“American artifact No. 123. U.S. aircraft carrier designed disposable cigarette lighter.”

“The “Freedom Rock” sits along a county road between Menlo and Greenfield, Iowa just south of Interstate 35.”

A photo posted by David Guttenfelder (@dguttenfelder) on Dec 19, 2014 at 1:10pm PST

“Dogs in pickup trucks 105. Cinnabar Basin, Montana.”

“Horses on Fort Belknap Reservation, home of the Gros Ventre and Assiniboine people. Montana.”

“Driving on a gravel road leading from the farmhouse where I grew up near Waukee, Iowa.”