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Eyes on the South

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

Soulaan Femme

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

By Kourtney Iman King

You Kissed Me First

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

By Sharon Shapiro and Jody Fausett

In Two Places at Once

June Canedo de Souza documents the very nature of families and the notion of home.

By June Canedo de Souza

 

 

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

Excellence and Diversity

A selection of works from the Do Good Fund collection
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

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
Eyes on the South

504-907

A photo essay of diptych compositions comparing Southern Louisiana and Interior Alaska

By Miles B. Jordan
Eyes on the South

Dollar House

“I figured this speck on the horizon would be a place to write and ponder”

By David Fowler
Eyes on the South

Dirt Track Sundays

Paul O'Mara’s photographs capture the essence of fellowship at Rome International Speedway.

By Paul O'Mara
Eyes on the South

Time Is of the Essence

Inspired by the growing threat of wildfires, Katie began creating shelters as speculative survival architecture in 2023.

By Katie Kehoe

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