Many thanks to Melanie McWhorter of Photo-Eye for recognizing more Southern connections with their list of photography books of the year. She notes the following list of books with Southern subjects or :
Oraien Catledge's Photographs, including the one shown above.
Michael Schmelling's Atlanta.
Jason Fulford (originally from Atlanta) The Mushroom Collector.
Danny Lyon's Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement.
These are in addition to the titles noted earlier,William Eggleston's For Now, Sally Mann's The Flesh and the Spirit, and Chris Verene's Family.
Keep those cards and letters coming, folks. You make the blog better by all that you do to keep us informed.
And you can learn more about Melanie and her photographs as well as her work for Photo-Eye here.