How White Southerners Distorted the History of Ancient Egypt to Justify Slavery in the U.S.
Distorted images of ancient Egypt were used by 19th-century Americans to justify slavery or to symbolize bondage and liberation, shaping racial and national debates.
William Eggleston's color photographs reveal an American South marked by melancholic humor, intimate detail, and recurring pockets of loneliness rendered with truthful, lyrical observation.
I never hold back': Sally Mann on her controversial family photos and becoming a writer
Sally Mann is an influential, candid photographer whose atmospheric black-and-white images of Southern family life, notably Immediate Family, provoked cultural controversy.