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Photographer Spotlight: Robert Grand

A selection of images documenting the rural south by North Carolina-based photographer Robert Grand. Captured in and around one of the smallest counties in North Carolina, “Country Living Update” offers a collection of cultural encounters including a charred Piggy Wiggly grocery store, a rasslin’ match in the park where the mayor jumps in the ring, and the ubiquity of the belief that only Jesus saves. See more images from the project below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Grand’s Website

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