Gary Monroe at Daytona Beach, 1991 Courtesy of Bill Jay hide caption
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From the series, "Big Rock Candy Mountain," a documentary project about the tourist towns around the Great Smoky Mountains. Tammy Mercure hide caption
"Letter Never Sent" is Hamrick's most recent hand-bound series. "The viewer has an intimate relationship with the book by holding it, feeling its textures and turning its pages, instead of just standing across the room staring at it," he says. Frank Hamrick hide caption
A buffet at a Double Quick convenience store in Holmes County, Miss., shows a wide array of fried foods. Dave Anderson/Oxford American hide caption
Dr. David Gilder gives Sally Johnson a checkup at the Mallory Community Health Center in Tchula, Miss. Dave Anderson/Oxford American hide caption