Cimarron County, Oklahoma, was the epicenter of the 1930s Dust Bowl. Today, the farming and ranching community of 2,500 people on the tip of the Oklahoma panhandle has become the epicenter of another drought, this one regarded as the most severe in fifty years, and one that has affected 80 percent of agricultural lands in the U.S. us photographs made for the Farm Security Administration during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. Together, VII's Ed Kashi and Ashley Gilbertson travelled to Cimarron Country in late July and early August 2013, and used audio interviews, video and still images to capture the spirit and identity of this community—sharing the perspectives of people involved in ranching and farming for generations in the area.

These images are of call responders working for the Department of Veteran Affairs in Canandaigua, New York talking vets back from the edge. It's the frontline of the government's attempt to curb the rising suicide rate among active duty service members and veterans. The center is the only one of its type in the country, and was established in 2007 by the VA.

That year, the line received about 10,000 callers. In 2008, it received almost 70,000, and in 2009, just under 120,000. By June of this year alone, operators had already taken just under 100,000 calls.

On average, the operators in the center receive over 500 calls every day. After the phone's hung up, there's no follow up, and the operators almost never find out what happened to the veteran they spoke to. They go back to their reading, or facebook pages, and wait for the phone to ring again.