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Possum Town in Black and White

Mississippi photographer O. N. Pruitt documented the beautiful and the horrible Photographer Otis N. Pruitt bore witness. Through the lenses of heavy cameras balanced on tripods, he captured truths about the Jim Crow South from the early 1920s to 1960, in a time when Black and white Baptists were immersed in the same muddy river…

Chronicling the Triumphs—and Tragedies—of Life in the Deep South

A new book and traveling exhibition highlight the work of Mississippi photographer O.N. Pruitt Berkley Hudson was a lanky 20-something in the mid-1970s when two boyhood friends led him up a set of creaky wooden stairs in their hometown of Columbus, Mississippi. The cavernous, loft-like studio belonged to photographer Calvin Shanks, who’d purchased it from his former…

Eire in the Eye

Norfolk photographer Glen McClure has spent two decades capturing stark, moody images from Ireland The Kilmeena causeway in County Mayo, Ireland, was narrow, and the gusting wind threatened to pick up the tiny rental car and toss it into the icy water below. But Glen McClure was chasing the light. The photographer considered his options.…

Reaching Through B.A.R.S. to Build Better Lives

Gratitude prompted Mike O’Key to share an experience other people might hide. As a kid — 11 years old, going into seventh grade — he was incarcerated, spending a lot of time isolated in a cell with bars on the window at the C.A. Dillon Youth Development Center in Butner. But once every week or…

Discovering Cape Charles By Accident

For some people, finding Cape Charles must feel a bit like serendipity, more a discovery than a destination. The ride typically takes them up Route 13, over and through the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel to the Eastern Shore, past the wildlife refuge and kitschy Sunset Beach Resort, and into a world that feels almost like a secret place. They turn left…