I was digging through the files today and found a bunch more images. Many more to come.
I was digging through the files today and found a bunch more images. Many more to come.
And a few more.
Absolutely love these Don!!!
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Thanks Eric!Originally Posted by ericantonio
The barbershop goes back to the late 60’s to early 70’s in the old part of downtown Knoxville TN. The country store, Blue & White, is still there but closed years ago. The Jesus cutouts are about 10 miles down the road from the Blue & White. It’s in a pretty remote part of the coal mining country of the Cumberland Mountains above Petros TN where Brushy Mountain Prison is. It’s where James Earl Ray was housed and escaped but caught soon after. The prison is closed now but its a tourist attraction and distillery. Coal and the prison were the economy there but the community is banking on the Brushy Mountain tourist attractions to save them. The problem is it’s really remote, probably thirty miles or more from interstate 40 and you have to go through some pretty wild country to get there. I’m from here and I’m cautious about going in that area.
The pano shots in the first group were with a Fuji 617 I just sold and are in a little town, Philadelphia TN, about thirty minutes south of me. Some of the buildings blew down in a wind storm a few years ago and a volunteer fire department stands in their place.
The old guys were with my 5x7 Deardorff and 115 Grandagon and shot 7 rears ago. It’s an old flour and corn mill from around 1900 and still has all the equipment in it but it’s used now as a small engine repair shop. I love how the old guys hang out on the porch. It’s so typical of the old south.
The last pano was shot in an xpan probably ten years ago near Savannah Ga. These were the workers houses for a Victorian era cotton mill. Part of the abandon mill can be seen at the end of the road.
From a Sunday afternoon drive around the county where I live. I’ve lived around this area for 71 years and still find great subjects.
Here are a few more from Appalachia.
And a few more.
The person in the third photo from the left was born in a log cabin in Cades Cove which is now part of the Smoky Mountain National Park. Lendall carves little figures out of peach seeds with a worn out Case pocket knife.
And 4 more from Petros Tn where Brushy Mountain Prison was located. These are from 1973.
How about a few more color shots.
Don
What an amazing collection of rural America. Thank you for sharing them with us. They are terrific . Nothing says rural America better that mobile homes parked under a water tower.
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