High Country Photos (Culture) http://www.highcountryphotos.com High Country Photos Wed, 22 May 2013 22:20:08 -0500 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:20:08 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss ZenPhoto RSS Generator info@virtualblueridge.com (virtualb) info@virtualblueridge.com (virtualb) Pig Pickin' (Culture) Pig Pickin'

My son, his father, and a good friend doing their best on bones from a pig roast. Photograph Copyright Heather Wolf Turner, All Rights Reserved. Finalist - Culture

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35mm Color negative film. 2007.

Photograph Copyright Colby Rabon, All Rights Reserved.
Special Mention - Culture

]]> Culture Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:12:57 -0600 Porch Pickin' in the Orchard (Culture) Porch Pickin' in the Orchard

This Appalachian girl looks up to Daddy pickin' bluegrass on the rustic porch of Apple Valley Orchard. Apple Valley consists of 5 acres of apples trees in 30 some varieties, a rustic log cabin and beehives, owned by a local family in Zionville, NC. Finalist - Culture Photograph Copyright Amie Jo Platt, All Rights Reserved. Finalist - Culture

]]> Culture Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:12:54 -0600 Pushing the Christmas Tree Bailer (Culture) Pushing the Christmas Tree Bailer

While Appalachian culture generally brings up mental images of bluegrass and coal mining, the booming Christmas tree industry has added a unique and rich Mexican and Central American underground culture to the Appalachians. Pictured here, migrant workers

Photograph Copyright Tommy Penick, All Rights Reserved.
2010 Best In Show
Finalist - Culture

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This photo is from the series "The Way It Is", a documentary project I have been working on showing modern Appalachia. This photograph shows 5 generations of family memebers from 93 to 3 months old at the time.

Photograph Copyright Ian Mahathey, All Rights Reserved.
Winner - Culture

]]> Culture Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:12:54 -0600 Wrestle (Culture) Wrestle

Big time wrestling at Swinefest in Huntington’s historic neighborhood of Guyandotte.

Photograph Copyright Toril Lavender, All Rights Reserved.
Special Mention - Culture

]]> Culture Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:49:14 -0500 Local Color (Culture) Local Color

Portrait of a local guide who leads hikers in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. Photograph Copyright William Haun, All Rights Reserved. Finalist - Culture

]]> Culture Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:32:41 -0500 On the Farm (Culture) On the Farm

A friend of mine asked me to take a picture of her and her husband. They live on a family farm deep in the mountains of Ashe County on the border fo Virginia. The idea for this image came to me while I was walking my dogs. They loved the result. Photograph Copyright Andi Gelsthorpe, All Rights Reserved. Finalist - Culture

]]> Culture Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:28:52 -0500 Cayenne Hands (Culture) Cayenne Hands

Dane Elder's hands display his hard work on Seven Springs Farm in Floyd, Virginia. Photograph Copyright Logan Fields, All Rights Reserved. Finalist - Culture

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