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January 20
On January 20, 2009, to commemorate Barack Obama's first term inauguration, I drove through SC Congressional District 5 making pictures that were intended as the everyday counterpoint to the momentous events of the nation's capital. Each year since, on January 20, I continue the project by making another journey through District 5. The subject matter of my pictures is, like the route I take, completely random.
Salem Crossroads diner, Fairfield County, January 20, 2009
Chester livestock mart, Chester County, January 20, 2009
Barbers, Chester, Chester County, January 20, 2009
Crossroad Missionary Baptist Church, SC 903, Lancaster-Kershaw County line, January 20, 2010
Main Street, Union, Union County, January 20, 2015
Main Street, Bethune, Kershaw County, January 20, 2009
Coy Robinson, Blackstock, Fairfield County, January 20, 2018
Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church, Fort Lawn, Chester County, January 20, 2013
Rock Hill, York County, January 20, 2017
Cherokee County Confederate Memorial, Gaffney, Cherokee County, January 20, 2018
Willard burning leaves, Sharon, York County, January 20, 2016
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, Rock Hill, York County, January 20, 2022
Limwood Moore, Rose Hill Cemetery, York, York County, January 20, 2017
Migrating birds, York County, January 20, 2012
Lee County Library, Bishopville, Lee County, January 20, 2018
Sarah and Bobby Blair Snr., Rock Hill, York County, January 20, 2016
Whitesides Laundry & Cleaners, York, York County, January 20, 2017
Reedy Creek, Bennettsville, Marlboro County, January 20, 2015
Congressional District 5 used to stretch to the east as far as I-95. Since I began this project, the map has been redrawn. The
district still encompasses 'Little Africa' north of Spartanburg, running up to the state line, down to Newberry quite close to Columbia, but now only as far as Pageland in the east.
Mr. Whiteside, Little Africa, Spartanburg County, January 20, 2017
Little Brown Creek, Lockhart, Union County, January 20, 2022
Lemons and hand, Rock Hill, York County, January 20, 2024
Newport dry cleaners, York County, January 20, 2024
Askew Memorial Bridge, Broad River, Lockhart, Union County, January 20, 2013
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