family times

Mostly my sister...





...and these of cousin Angus.

my flashy room.

i should have been packing, but instead i was taking photos. my room is a lovely place. with a flash and some movement it can look quite mesmerizing:

tank you for a great semester

I live and eat in Tank Coop, and let me just say—these people are amazing! Most will be back in February, but some wont. We all have some amazing shared memories (and photos) to remember this fabulous semester by. Below are some from our post-Art Walk house-party. Simply a wonderful night in many regards.

found images: southern WVa in the 1850s

one of the times that i was down in WVa, I was taking photos of an old church (the one below with "Church of God" painted on the clapboards) and a man came out and started telling me about the church. he proceeded to invite me inside and lend me a disk he had full of images from the old highway construction in the 50's. some of them are really beautiful images, and all help tell the tale of king coal's impact on the region. the highway was built to make it easier for folks to ship coal out of the valley. i still have his CD that he so generously lent me. next time i travel down there, i'll have to look him up and return it to him with many thanks.

kayford/coal fields mixed media

i put this together for a mixed media project. my idea was to combine found objects, found images, my photography and larry gibson's voice to present a more comprehensive glimpse of his life in as it has been impacted by coal mining.

american girl

these are from the start of a documentary project i'm doing of my clothing. the idea behind it is the American mentality of materialism and how i was indoctrinated with that from a young age, yielding the excessive amount of clothing i now own. this is just a start, and i will likely reshoot. the idea is that in each of these photos i am wearing only one article of clothing, and that when finished, the sheer number of photos will represent the volume of clothing i own. below are my sweatshirts (only the ones i have at school; there are more at my parent's home):


and my pants (again the ones at school, and not inluding sweatpants or leggings).

More of the Southern West Virginia Coalfieds Region

On the road to Larry's Place, just off Route 61 (6x6):



Kanawha State Park near Charleston, WV (6x6):








More photos from "Hell's Gate," Kayford Mountain (6x6):

(jimmy shooting 4x5)

Larry Gibson's Neighbors on Kayford Mountain (6x6):

Southern West Virginia Coal Fields

@ Massey Energy Headquarters in Boone County (6x6):







Along the road to Larry's place (6x6):




"Hell's Gate" @ Kayford Mountain (4x5):



"Hell's Gate," Kayford Mountain (6x6):






oberlin students, first reactions to seeing a mountaintop removal site. "Hell's Gate" Kayford Mountain (35mm):