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Eyes on the South

Eyes on the South

Documenting Kentucky: Three Photographic Surveys

A portrait of Kentucky in three acts, captured decades apart

By The Kentucky Documentary Photographic Project
Eyes on the South

On Contentious Ground

The American Civil War remains a polarizing and formative event in American history and memory

By Vann Thomas Powell
Eyes on the South

Pure Oil

A paradox of beauty and violence in a Southern landscape

By Kristie Cornell
Eyes on the South

Intruders in the Dirt

Somehow we might be able to hold onto a place for just a little bit longer.

By Brian Cormack

The Body Politic

Yet, even in sorrow, there is hope.

By Christopher C. Fisher

The Kentuckian

A visual record and tribute to the dignity of labor in its many forms

By James Robert Southard

 

 

Eyes on the South

Past and Present in Richmond, Virginia

An investigation of the reflections that come as we age

By Riley Goodman
Issue 120, Spring 2023

Dear Atlanta: Manipulation of the Reflection

In her visual love letter to ATL, Nicole Hernandez photographs authentic interactions between friends, lovers, and mothers.
Eyes on the South

An Overwhelming Cacophony

In The Sound the Dryfly Makes, Ian Mahathey considers how boyhood aspirations are transformed by adulthood.

By Ian Mahathey
Eyes on the South

For Queer Kids

Peyton Fulford’s Infinite Tenderness explores notions “of intimacy and identity among the LGBTQ+ community in the American South.”

By Peyton Fulford

Eyes on the South

Collective Identity

Daily life in the small town of Wilson, North Carolina

By Keith Dannemiller
Eyes on the South

In the Georgia Archives

A modern interpretation of early twentieth-century Georgia folklore and mythology inspired by the W.P.A. Georgia Writers Project collection.

By Alec Kaus
Eyes on the South

Old Atlanta

Photographs taken in the 1960s and ’70s, featuring Atlanta’s Summerhill, Old Fourth Ward, and Vine City neighborhoods, as well as the MARTA bus line.

By Rusty Miller
Eyes on the South

On Contentious Ground

The American Civil War remains a polarizing and formative event in American history and memory

By Vann Thomas Powell
Eyes on the South

Pure Oil

A paradox of beauty and violence in a Southern landscape

By Kristie Cornell
Eyes on the South

Intruders in the Dirt

Somehow we might be able to hold onto a place for just a little bit longer.

By Brian Cormack
Eyes on the South

The Body Politic

Yet, even in sorrow, there is hope.

By Christopher C. Fisher
Eyes on the South

The Kentuckian

A visual record and tribute to the dignity of labor in its many forms

By James Robert Southard
Eyes on the South

Past and Present in Richmond, Virginia

An investigation of the reflections that come as we age

By Riley Goodman
Eyes on the South

Skipping Sundays

How is it that some can wholeheartedly embrace traditional faith while the rest of us are left questioning?

By Heather Evans Smith
Eyes on the South

Some Remedy

One family’s road trip through the Deep South seeking a treatment for breast cancer

By Rogers S. Walker
Eyes on the South

Documenting Kentucky: Three Photographic Surveys

A portrait of Kentucky in three acts, captured decades apart

By The Kentucky Documentary Photographic Project
Eyes on the South

Soulaan Femme

These portraits act as a metaphorical mirror, revealing both the intrinsic and performed aspects of identity.

By Kourtney Iman King
Eyes on the South

You Kissed Me First

These works transform bodies and objects into an erotics of absence.

By Sharon Shapiro and Jody Fausett
Eyes on the South

Safe Haven

Documenting AubFest in Auburn, Alabama

By Linley Wyatt

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