Photo Essay Archives – Scalawag

For Black cowboys—from inner-city Philly to small-town Texas—horses and riding are a way of life

by Nick Lehr, The Conversation July 16, 2021

Photojournalist Ron Tarver spent years photographing people largely ignored in mythic depictions of white cowboys and the American West.

In Photos: Desde Adentro (From Within)

by ITAMA Youth June 24, 2021June 24, 2021

Southern Politics

Meet the 5 women uprooting white beauty standards and white supremacy in West Virginia

by Crystal Good May 11, 2021May 12, 2021

A New Crop: Portraits of Houston's Black urban farmers

by Lenard Smith, Jr. April 9, 2021April 9, 2021

The Color of Freedom: Reimagining portraits of the formerly enslaved

by Lee Hedgepeth February 5, 2021February 5, 2021

'A democracy we didn't achieve 50 years ago'

by Alice Driver January 5, 2021January 5, 2021

From Appalachia to Outer Space: The beauty and the limits of perspective in Portraits & Dreams

by Kim Kobersmith December 7, 2020December 7, 2020

In Photos: When we couldn't come home

by Philip Harris November 23, 2020November 23, 2020

The first Black drag queen in North Alabama and other untold stories of the Queer South

by Sarah Prager November 17, 2020February 10, 2021

Southern Politics

Lessons from rural communities in the crusade to save the USPS

by Alicia Carter & Haley France September 8, 2020October 1, 2020

Uncontrolled Images: Documenting Raleigh's Black Revolt

by Jade Wilson June 10, 2020October 1, 2020

Young Black Missisippians join May Day protests for workers rights, COVID-19 protections

by Frances Madeson May 6, 2020October 1, 2020

Slave rebellion replaces Confederate reenactments. Watch now.

by Tricia Towey January 29, 2020October 1, 2020

In Photos: On the visibility of Black (w)holes

by Derrick Beasley December 9, 2019September 16, 2020

FULL SPECTRUM: Artist Patrick Di Rito's exploration of sexuality and mental health

by Patrick Di Rito November 20, 2019September 16, 2020

The Picture Man in Cabbagetown

by Alexandra Marvar September 5, 2019September 16, 2020

In Photos: Black August in the Park

by Dare Kumolu-Johnson and Danielle Purifoy August 19, 2019October 1, 2020

Listen: Going home for my small town's first LGBTQ pride

by Monique LaBorde July 1, 2019October 1, 2020

'Here we are on the precipice of the future:' Atlanta Muralists Reclaim Public Spaces

by Jesse Pratt López and Timothy Pratt April 29, 2019September 16, 2020

In Photos: Everyday La Frontera

by Alonso Castillo March 25, 2019October 1, 2020

In Photos: Battle on the Bayou

by Taliesin Gilkes-Bower March 11, 2019October 1, 2020

Photo Essay: Marching toward equity in the streets of San Juan

by Carla M. Pérez Meléndez December 17, 2018September 16, 2020

Family and community survival inspire delicious food at Suryana Cuisine in Clarkston, GA

by Jodi Cash August 28, 2018October 1, 2020

Celebrating Southern joy at Mustock music festival

by André Chung July 19, 2018September 16, 2020

In photos: Moogfest strikes a precarious balance its third year in Durham

by Lovey Cooper June 18, 2018September 16, 2020

Losing Lavender

by Devyn Springer April 26, 2018September 16, 2020

Photo Essay: "A sequence of delights and ruptures"

by A.H. Jerriod Avant October 5, 2017June 9, 2021

Photo essay: There is love in Louisville

by David Flores and Ellen Hagan July 20, 2017December 3, 2020

Photo essay: The fight for worker rights in North Carolina's meat-processing plants

by Sarah Garrahan December 14, 2016September 16, 2020

Photo essay: Southerners shut down the Klan

by Zoe Litaker December 7, 2016September 16, 2020