Feels like home
Williamsburg and Whitley County 2024

Photos by Bisi Cameron Yee, Anita Strods Dore, Gabriel Edward Milby, Abbey Santoro, Ali Costellow, Eli Hartman, Dominic Di Palermo, Daniel Sarch, Ashton Harper Melton, Ian Pitchford, Isaac Barnett, Jesse Hollon, Jonah Hinebaugh, Lindsey McIntosh, Von Smith Jr., Raye M. White,

A community of neighbors
In the Southeast corner of Kentucky near Tennessee and Virginia, Whitley County is a mountain landscape sliced by Interstate 75 and the Cumberland River. The city of Corbin is on the north end and Williamsburg, the county seat and home to the University of the Cumberlands, lies in the center. This is an Appalachian community with a rich past where friendly, hard-working people are trying to figure out their future.

Video by Adam Wolffbrandt, Sam Mallon and the Mountain Workshops participants

October 24 - October 28, 2024
Seventy-seven student and professional photographers and videographers from around the nation, along with a staff of nearly 60 educators, editors and assistants, spent the last week of October 2024 capturing the stories of this distinctive American community.
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Behind the lens
Take a look at the people behind the scenes who make this annual project a reality.

Video by Sean McInnis