Mississippi Delta
Clarksdale Mississippi wants to be known as the birthplace of the blues but the ghost of legal segregation are still visible in a complex defacto segregation. The public and private school are split along racial lines. The country club is all white and the neighborhoods are resegregating as rich white residents move into tax haven [...]
Uighur Identity in Xinjiang
The Uighurs of Xinjiang are one of 55 minorities in China, but they are ethnically and historically closer to the Muslim Turkic groups of Central Asia. The Chinese government is trying to cement its hold on the resource rich Xinjiang by suppressing cultural and religious differences in schools and workplaces and by resettling millions of [...]
Exploring Sudan
Most of the news from Sudan is about the outlying provinces, Darfur, and the south, but the new Sudan can be seen in Khartoum. I traveled to Sudan for two months, making connections and exploring the story of Chinese money and influence in the country. In the end I felt those photos weren’t strong enough [...]
Barrios of Sonora, TX
My assignment was a scene setting essay on two Hispanic barrios, relics of a segregated past. In 2006 14 WKU students created a week long workshop to document life in a unique part of our country. For the first year we worked with the people of Sonora Texas to show the life of a border [...]
A Time of War
As you look at these pages recognize your reaction to the images and quotes. What emotions rise to the surface? Is it a feeling of pride, disgust, or indifference? Recognize that many other people have the exact opposite reaction. Why? Debates over wars are debates of competing histories. These histories are formed by wedging falsehood [...]
Singles
Sometimes a single image lives on after it’s brothers and sisters became tired. This is the home of those feisty bastards.
