Life after becoming a boomtown

By HLNtv.com Staff

updated 4:50 PM EDT, Wed March 20, 2013

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A photographer documents changes in North Dakota's landscape
Renae Mitchell focuses on how becoming a Boomtown changed Williston, North Dakota

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Life after becoming a boomtown

What happens to a small town after it becomes an oil town? That is the question Renae Mitchell’s photos are answering as she captures the changes of Williston, North Dakota’s landscape with her lens. See what life is like in a post-boomtown era.

Photos: The evolution of an oil town

Renae Mitchell is a photographer who specializes in taking images of North Dakota's changing landscape. You can see more of her work on her Life Through the Lens blog.

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