Tumblr Blog
Our Flowering Almond is tucked into the scrubby undergrowth on our hillside. I first noticed the petals among the pine needles. I looked up and it’s beauty stopped me. The simple pink blossom deserved a moment of admiration.
Faces of Appalachia In The Early and Mid 20th Century...
By Danny Fulks Issue #87 • May/June, 2004 Danny Fulks, 71, grew up in southern Ohio where his parents worked the land and milked cows, and his tightly written stories paint a vivid picture of life back in the 20s, 30s, and 40s. His stories focus on Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia, which were areas […]
Faces of Appalachia In The Early and Mid 20th Century...
Butter-making, Appalachia, USA, c1917. Photograph taken during Cecil Sharp's folk music collecting expedition: British musician Sharp and his assistant Dr Maud Karpeles collected folk songs from the...
The Appalachian region of the US is a beautiful place with a rich and sometimes tragic history. It is home to so much creativity, and has been a place of devastating poverty. Today, its bands and artists make up an integral part of the underground. So when we came across this collection of images taken […]
In 1972, while hitchhiking across the United States, Robert Gumpert found himself on the side of the road in Cabin Creek, West Virginia waiting for a ride. During a shift change at the coal mine nearby, seeing a steady stream of miners convinced him that he needed to come back to photograph the area. Back …
Well, I am back in The Big Crapple yet still thinking about and missing the Blue Ridge Mountains that we got to stare at lovingly every ni...
"...So many lies have been written about us, the mountain people, that folks from other states have formed an image of a gun-totin', tabaccer -spittin , whiskey drinkin', barefooted, foolish hillbilly who never existed except in the minds of people...
Making moonshine is a tradition; it is a part of Appalachian and Southern culture that thrives throughout the history of the South. However, it wasn’t always an art or a tradition - for many, it was a way of life. Check out the history of making shine and how it lead to the early days of racing and hot rods.
In 1972, while hitchhiking across the United States, Robert Gumpert found himself on the side of the road in Cabin Creek, West Virginia waiting for a ride. During a shift change at the coal mine nearby, seeing a steady stream of miners convinced him that he needed to come back to photograph the area. Back …
Looking for shots that fit a sepia treatment. Mountain cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Sepia processed in Photoshop.
