Here in the hills of North Eastern Tennessee, traditions permeate the Appalachian way of life. In a place where cameras have been scarce in the past and access to them was a novelty in the not so distant memories of folk, photographs and gathering to look at them is a treasured, and almost sacred, way of life.

When Mamaw pulls out the photo albums and the spines crack open, you not only open a door to the past, you also become wholly connected to the present. Time has a way of changing things and photographs are the only way to preserve the present moment. When you invest in a photographer, you are investing in your memories and your present moment.