O. N. Pruitt's Possum Town: Photographing Trouble and Resilience in the American South
(Part of the Documentary Arts and Culture Series)
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Photographer O. N. Pruitt (1891-1967) was for some forty years the de facto documentarian of Lowndes County, Mississippi, and its county seat, Columbus--known to locals as "Possum Town." His body of work recalls many FSA photographers, but Pruitt was not an outsider with an agenda; he was a community member with intimate knowledge of the town and its residents. He photographed his fellow white citizens and Black ones as well, in circumstances ranging...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1469662701
ISBN13:9781469662701
Release Date:January 2022
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Length:272 Pages
Weight:3.40 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 9.2" x 10.3"
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