Newsletter
May 2, 2025 - They wrote it all down as the progress of man.
April 25, 2025 - Longer views and longer days.
April 18, 2025 - Miner pride.
April 11, 2025 - Turn around and testify.
April 4, 2025 - Finding roadside religion.
March 28, 2025 - The geographic center of your heart.
March 21, 2025 - Hidden mysteries in glass plate negatives.
March 14, 2025 - Let us now praise wandering.
March 7, 2025 - Country roads took me home.
February 28, 2025 - Enough is enough and too much is nasty.
February 21, 2025 - I will never not make this picture when I’m home.
February 19, 2025 - Now, more than ever, history for everyone.
February 7, 2025 - Books that have been living on my desk.
January 31, 2025 - Chop wood, carry water, make pictures.
Essays
Truth, Imagination, and Vulnerability: The All-American Town Photobook, 100 Days in Appalachia, 2019.
A Son of the South’s Quiet Photos of a Complex Region, The New York Times, 2019.
Despite Turbulent Times, I Couldn't Not Come Back Home to West Virginia, 100 Days in Appalachia, 2017.
Photographing American Themes in 1970s Kentucky, The New York Times, 2016.
Taking Liberties, Taking Shortcuts, and Taking Advantage of People, Vantage/Medium, 2015.
Why a Confrontation Between Photographers and Locals Turned Ugly in Appalachia, Photo District News, 2015.
Looking Without Fear, Oxford American, 2014.
Notes