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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle

Featured photojournalist: Gregory Bull

Oil in North Dakota: A man walks back to his temporary housing unit near Williston, North Dakota
With what many are calling the largest oil boom in recent North American history, temporary housing for the influx of workers – known as 'man camps' – now dot the sparse Dakota landscape. These units stand outside the town of Williston Photograph: Gregory Bull/AP
Oil in North Dakota: An oil derrick outside of Williston, North Dakota
A drilling rig called a 'derrick' probes the oil-rich depths beneath North Dakota Photograph: Gregory Bull/AP
Oil in North Dakota: Ben Shaw works at the top of an oil derrick
Ben Shaw works at the top of the oil derrick Photograph: Gregory Bull/AP
Oil in North Dakota: Austin Mitchell, left, and Ryan Lehto, work on an oil derrick
Austin Mitchell (left) and Ryan Letho at the base of the rig Photograph: Gregory Bull/AP
Oil in North Dakota: Ben Shaw hangs from an oil derrick
Ben Shaw abseils back to ground level Photograph: Gregory Bull/AP
Oil in North Dakota: Oil workers takes a break
Austin Mitchell (far right) takes a break with Ryan Letho (centre) and Ben Shaw Photograph: Gregory Bull/AP
Oil in North Dakota: Workers line up for dinner at a temporary housing unit
Oil workers line up for supper in the cafeteria of the temporary housing unit Photograph: Gregory Bull/AP
Oil in North Dakota: Cook Sharron Tallent checks her cellphone for a text as she takes a break
Not all of North Dakota's new job opportunities are for the boys ... Sharron Tallent is the cook at the housing unit cafeteria. 'You gotta be kind of tough about it. You gotta be strong-willed, strong-minded. It's a mindset to be here,' says the 47-year-old Montana native. Some of the younger guys affectionately call her 'mom' Photograph: Gregory Bull/AP
Oil in North Dakota: A man plays his guitar in a field next to a temporary housing unit
Sunset, and in a field near the camp a man welcomes the dusk with his guitar. In addition to his kitchen duties, he's also the camp garbage man. It's not glamorous, but it is lucrative. 'I'm making more now than I would've if I'd gone to college,' he says Photograph: Gregory Bull/AP
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