An interdisciplinary journal about regions, places, and cultures of the U.S. South and their global connections

Featured Images

Featured Images are single photographs that capture a particular space or place in the U.S. South.

Miner's sons salvaging coal during May 1939 strike, Kempton, West Virginia

Erika Harding, Emory University; John Vachon, Photographer
27 March 2013
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Grapefruit Workers in Florida, January 1937

Alan Pike, Emory University; Arthur Rothstein, Photographer
19 February 2013
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Day of action, Freedom Plaza, Washington, D.C., September 27, 2010

Meredith Doster, Emory University; Rana Xavier, Photographer
30 January 2013
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Red J. Store on Carroll Street, ca. 1910–1920

Devin M. Brown, Emory University
13 December 2012
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Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency boat ride on the Mississippi River, Memphis, Tennessee, 2008

Amie Vanderford, Photographer
8 November 2012
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Gravestones in Chester County, South Carolina and Wythe County, Virginia

Daniel W. Patterson, University of North Carolina
31 October 2012
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Street scene, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 1935

Erika Harding, Emory University; Ben Shahn, Photographer
11 October 2012
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Threshing crew in the Tygart Valley, West Virginia, August 1936

Alan G. Pike, Emory University; Carl Mydans, Photographer
4 September 2012
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Bill's fish market, Sunset Beach, North Carolina, 2012

Tom Rankin, Photographer
16 August 2012
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Louisiana National Guardmen observe as water from the industrial canal overtops the levees, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 2008

Chuck Simmins, Photographer
26 July 2012
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Grave of James D. Lynch, Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Mississippi, 2012

Tom Rankin, Photographer
28 June 2012
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Central America Protest, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, March 25, 1984

Duke University Archives
14 June 2012
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Buffalo Mountain Windfarm, Anderson County, Tennessee, 2005

Janet Powell, Photographer
31 May 2012
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ROA's graffiti at 209 Mitchell Street, Atlanta, Georgia, 2012

Brandon P. Wicks, Photographer
1 May 2012
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Boll Weevil Monument, Enterprise, Alabama, 2010

Andy Callahan, Photographer
16 April 2012
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Lower Richland High School's basketball team, Horrell Hill, South Carolina, 1971

Hunter Desportes, Photographer
26 March 2012
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15th and McFarland, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, April 2011

Rachel Hunnicutt, Photographer
6 March 2012
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Pennybacker Bridge, Austin, Texas, 2010

Jared Tennant, Photographer
21 February 2012
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Nixon's presidential motorcade, Columbia, South Carolina, 1973

Hunter Desportes, Photographer
7 February 2012
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Delta Winter, Bolivar County, Mississippi, 2010

Tom Rankin, Photographer
23 January 2012
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Old capitol building, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 2010

Carol McKinney Highsmith, Photographer
5 December 2011
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Nearly exhausted sulphur vat from which railroad cars are loaded, Freeport Sulphur Co., Hoskins Mound, Texas, 1943

John Vachon, Photographer
21 November 2011
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Arkansas Delta, Brinkley, Arkansas, 2008

Kate Medley, Photographer
7 November 2011
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Mill children, Macon, Georgia, 1909

Lewis Wickes Hine, Photographer
24 October 2011
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Clean-up on the Swannanoa River, Asheville, North Carolina, 2007

Jeff Rich, Photographer
10 October 2011
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Scraped cemetery, Liberty Baptist Church, Lee County, Mississippi, 2007

David Wharton, Photographer
26 September 2011
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Fires in the Bahamas, Florida, and Cuba, 2004

Jeff Schmaltz, Photographer
12 September 2011
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Jellyfish at the Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta, Georgia, 2007

Shamus Warren, Photographer
29 August 2011
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Funky graffiti art, Memphis, Tennessee, 2008

Amie Vanderford, Photographer
16 August 2011
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Kentucky Stonehenge, Munfordville, Kentucky, 2009

J. J. Henderson, Photographer
28 July 2011
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Delta field fire, Dundee, Mississippi, 2006

Michael Martin, Photographer
14 July 2011
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Bridge of Lions, St. Augustine, Florida, 2006

A.E. Crane, Photographer
30 June 2011
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Old River deer, Old River Control Structure, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, 2011

Aimee Cahanin, Photographer
16 June 2011
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Confederate headstone in American cemetery, Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, Brazil, 2010

Helena Peixoto, Photographer
26 May 2011
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Tuscaloosa tornado, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 2011

Glenn Guy, Photographer
12 May 2011
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High water on access road, Grafton, West Virginia, 1987

David Schwab, Photographer
27 April 2011
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Blue Ridge paper mill, Pigeon Forge River, Canton, North Carolina, 2008

Jeff Rich, Photographer
13 April 2011
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Generator hall of the Chickamauga Dam, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1944

Alfred T. Palmer, Photographer
30 March 2011
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Mardi Gras Indian, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2010

Jason Saul, Photographer
16 March 2011
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Burning bright, Tysons Corner, Virginia, 2009

Ashley Bradford, Photographer
28 February 2011
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Winter steam, Hot Springs, Arkansas, 2002

Jay B. Parker, Photographer
16 February 2011
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World's Fair Amphitheater, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2010

Thomas Gaines, Photographer
31 January 2011
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Lincoln graffiti, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2010

Steve Bransford, Photographer
19 January 2011
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Olde Towne Morrow, Morrow, Georgia, 2009

Jonathan Carnright, Photographer
16 December 2010
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Cypress swamp, Galloway, Arkansas, 2010

Barry Hamilton, Photographer
29 November 2010
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Hartwell Dam, Hartwell, Georgia, 2010

Anthony Surbeck, Photographer
15 November 2010
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Fish, Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana, 2010

Stacy Kranitz, Photographer
28 October 2010
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Trolley station, Memphis, Tennessee, 2005

Amie Vanderford, Photographer
15 October 2010
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Just a number, Old Bryce Hospital Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 2007

Thomas McKane, Photographer
30 September 2010
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Spencer's Inc., Mount Airy, North Carolina, 2010

Sarah Hoskins, Photographer
16 September 2010
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Roads covered with sand, Navarre Beach, Florida, 2005

Marvin Nauman, Photographer
26 August 2010
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Biloxi cemetery, Biloxi, Mississippi, 2006

Emma Bertolaet, Photographer
17 August 2010
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Silo, Southern Louisiana, 2008

Vern Kousky, Photographer
26 July 2010
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When life gives you oil spills, Mobile, Alabama, 2010

Heather Guidry, Photographer
29 June 2010
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Traveling Richmond at night, Richmond, Virginia, 2009

Jason Day, Photographer
15 June 2010
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Old billboard, Jacksonville, Florida, 2005

Todd Bertolaet, Photographer
27 May 2010
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Oil on the Chandeleur Islands from a plane, Off the coast of Louisiana, 2010

Jeff Warren, Photographer
13 May 2010
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Southern industry, Valdosta, Georgia, 2009

Camille Wright Felton, Photographer
29 April 2010
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I-26 looking west at Buckner Gap, Madison County,
North Carolina, 2008

Rob Amberg, Photographer
13 April 2010
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Cotton modules and gin, Tallulah, Louisiana, 2006

David Wharton, Photographer
30 March 2010
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Pullman rail yard, Atlanta, Georgia, 2009

Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier, Photographer
15 March 2010
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Nature preserve, former quarry, Arabia Mountain, Georgia, 2010

Jason Francisco, Photographer
28 February 2010
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Basketball court, Beulah, Mississippi, 2007

Tom Rankin, Photographer
15 February 2010
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Winter motel, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, 2009

Tammy Mercure, Photographer
1 February 2010
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Nine months after tornado, Atlanta, Georgia, 2008

Helena Peixoto, Photographer
15 January 2010
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In the woods near home, Delaplane, Virginia, 2010

Tom Davenport, Photographer
1 January 2010
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Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2005

Richard Brooks, Photographer
15 December 2009
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Bridge reconstruction, Marshall, North Carolina, 2006

Jeff Rich, Photographer
1 December 2009
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Alabama Jack's, Key Largo, Florida, 2009

Jorge de la Llama, Photographer
15 November 2009
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University of Tennessee Homecoming, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2009

Patrick Oglesby, Photographer
1 November 2009
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Gratz Park after rain, Lexington, Kentucky, 2009

Louis Bickett, Photographer
15 October 2009
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City Hall sleeps, Atlanta, Georgia, 2009

Matt Berger, Photographer
30 September 2009
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SCAD Sidewalk Arts Festival, Savannah, Georgia, 2009

Susan Dennis, Photographer
15 September 2009
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Prescribed fire, Nicholasville, Kentucky, 2005

Steve Bishop, Photographer
1 September 2009
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Fireworks on Red Mountain, Birmingham, Alabama, 2009

Glynnis Ritchie, Photographer
28 August 2009
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Charleston tea plantation tour, Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina, 2009

Kate Medley, Photographer
15 August 2009
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Gulf Coast highway, Orange Beach, Alabama, 2006

Mark Connelly, Photographer
31 July 2009
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Docks at Lake Chatague, Lake Hiawassee, Georgia, 2009

Stephanie Schroeder, Photographer
1 July 2009
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Old oak, Conway, South Carolina, 2008

Tyler Farwell, Photographer
15 June 2009
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Looking into the past, Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, 2009

Jason Powell, Photographer
1 June 2009
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USS Carter Hall, off the coast of North Carolina, 2005

Tom Smith, U.S. Navy, Photographer
15 May 2009
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Storm season in Texas, Corinth, Texas, 2005

Jeff Clow, Photographer
1 May 2009
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Rows of life, Smiths Grove, Kentucky, 2007

Tabitha Smith-Elliott, Photographer
15 April 2009
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New house, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1996

Bruce West, Photographer
1 April 2009
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Midway, Orangeburg, South Carolina, 2008

Keith Willis, Photographer
15 March 2009
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Oyster shuckers, Houma, Louisiana, 2008

Frank McCains, Photographer
1 March 2009
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Rural storage, Crowley, Louisiana, 2009

Edward N. Leger, Photographer
15 February 2009
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Kelly Ingram Park, Birmingham, Alabama, 2009

Kim Jenkins, Photographer
1 February 2009
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Sopo Bikes, Atlanta, Georgia, 2007

Stewart Varner, Photographer
15 January 2009
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Tuskegee University, Tuskegee Alabama, 2003

Dagmar Nelson, Photographer
1 January 2009
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Folly Pier, Folly Beach, South Carolina, 2007

Sharon Weinmeyer, Photographer
15 December 2008
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A Virginia winter, Amherst County, Virginia, 2008

Harold B. Gill, Jr., Photographer
1 December 2008
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New Orleans Ward 10, Precinct 11, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2008

Derek S. Bridges, Photographer
15 November 2008
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Remnants of a house by the tracks, Penland, North Carolina, 2007

Shane Darwent, Photographer
1 November 2008
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Fish, Montgomery Island, Arkansas, 2005

Tom Rankin, Photographer
31 October 2008
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Music in Cipriere, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2001

Randall Shexnayder, Photographer
15 October 2008
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Infant gravesites, Japanese American concentration camp cemetery, Rohwer, Arkansas, 2004

John Howard, Photographer
1 October 2008
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Sweet Willie's, Quitman, Georgia, 2005

Todd Bertolaet, Photographer
15 September 2008
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Barge washed ashore after Hurricane Katrina, Gulfport, Mississippi, 2005

Kate Medley, Photographer
1 September 2008
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Slow pass, Asheville, North Carolina, 1988

Don Blankenship, Photographer
15 August 2008
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Summer afternoon storm, Savannah, Georgia, 2007

Dagmar Nelson, Photographer
1 August 2008
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Premier Elkhorn Coal Company refuse fill, Pike County,
Kentucky, 2005

Earl Dotter, Photographer
15 July 2008
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Starr's Mill, Fayette County, Georgia, 2007

Matt Bower, Photographer
1 July 2008
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Burning fields, Hollandale, Mississippi, 2007

Bruce West, Photographer
15 June 2008
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The last edition, Oxford, Mississippi, 2007

Erin Abbott, Photographer
1 June 2008
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Keep tobacco clean, Wilson, North Carolina, 2007

Vern Kousky, Photographer
15 May 2008
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Beale Street at night, Memphis, Tennessee, 2005

Amie Vanderford, Photographer
1 May 2008
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Gas station south of Memphis, Desoto County, Mississippi, 2006

Michael Martin, Photographer
15 April 2008
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Virginia Tech campus from above, Blacksburg, Virginia, 2005

Emily Satterwhite, Photographer
1 April 2008
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WWI memorial footbridge over Big Elkin Creek, Elkin,
North Carolina, 2004

C. Melissa Anderson, Photographer
15 March 2008
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Cover of darkness, Gasparilla invasion, Tampa, Florida, 2006

Shamus Warren, Photographer
1 March 2008
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Flea market, near Social Circle, Georgia, 2007

Micah Wedemeyer, Photographer
15 February 2008
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Development, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 2007

Mary Battle, Photographer
1 February 2008
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Marsh love seat, Bull's Landing, Eastern shore of Virginia, 2005

Christopher Reiger, Photographer
31 January 2008
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The Blue Room, Greenwood, Mississippi, 2007

Erin Abbott, Photographer
15 January 2008
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Longshot, Mechanicsville neighborhood, Atlanta, Georgia, 2007

Jason Ivany, Photographer
1 January 2008
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Yard decorations, Glenwood Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia, 2004

Matt Miller, Photographer
15 December 2007
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View from giant sombrero, South of the Border, South Carolina, 2007

Vern Kousky, Photographer
15 November 2007
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Dragon Con parade, Atlanta, Georgia, 2004

Arjan Sessing, Photographer
1 November 2007
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Bill Pevey, Copiah County, Mississippi, 2005

Tom Rankin, Photographer
15 October 2007
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Felix, Coon hound memorial graveyard, Colbert County, Alabama, 2005

Jere Alexander, Photographer
1 October 2007
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Dekalb Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia, 2005

Sarah Toton, Photographer
15 September 2007
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Guard and escalator at Clinton Library, Little Rock, Arkansas, 2006

David Wharton, Photographer
10 September 2007
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Welcome home and logging truck, Mississippi, 2005

David Wharton, Photographer
1 September 2007
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Signs, Near Bear Creek, North Carolina, 2007

Rob Amberg, Photographer
1 August 2007
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Clinton Library interior, Little Rock, Arkansas, 2006

Tom Rankin, Photographer
1 July 2007
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