I started working on “A Southern Diary” six years ago when I realized that all of the photographs that I wanted to make were in the South – Southern landscapes, structures, people – the atmosphere that only exists in … Read More
Spend some time in the South and you’ll begin to form a personal impression of the region and its culture; how it looks, how it smells, how it feels, how it makes you feel. Those of us who love the … Read More
March 2014 The books are hand-sewn with linen thread and a cover of handmade paper from India. Since 2007, Rob McDonald has been traveling the southeast to photograph the homes and personal landscapes of Southern writers whose works he … Read More
January 2014 St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Artist’s Statement I have always loved architecture and have a degree in interior design, so it is only natural that I love photographing architecture. Architecture is all around us – from small town residences … Read More
November 2013 Vacation Bible School I volunteered, at the “encouragement” of my wife, to photograph our church’s Vacation Bible School. Just photograph a bunch of kids running around. What could be so hard about that? Not very interesting, … Read More
November 2013 Cedar Key, the Net Ban, and its WaterWomen These photographs span almost thirty years, picking up around the time of the enactment, in 1995, of the Florida Net-Ban, outlawing the use of gill and trammel nets. … Read More
November 2012 Native Place Artist’s Statement Aaron’s work is about what it means to live in the American South in the 21st century. In his home state of North Carolina, Aaron’s photography seeks out themes that center around religion, storytelling, and … Read More
November 2013 Bridge Crossing Jubilee, a commemoration of Bloody Sunday Queen Selma Selma, Alabama, was known as the Queen City of the Black Belt in the days of cotton plantations. Its history spans from the Civil War (Battle of Selma) … Read More
September 2012 Don’t tell them it’ll never work. In a rural Georgia county of less than 18,000 souls, a small group of women fretted over the wasting away of historical structures and the encroaching sprawl from metro Atlanta, about … Read More