James Roper is the chief photographer of “World Food,” a book series from Penguin Random House that will be released in 2019. Prior to that, Roper was a contributing photographer for Saveur, America’s most critically acclaimed food magazine. He lives in Lawrence, Kansas.
From climate change to a border wall, the oft-overlooked but critically important scrubland plants in South Texas face myriad threats. To save them, this self-taught naturalist is taking matters into his own hands.