STEINMETZ, Mark - Fifteen Miles To K-Ville

Statement by the photographer, Mark STEINMETZ

"I love the South for its warmth and chaos. The vegetation down here grows rampant; the light is softened by humid air. The people are for the most part friendly and they are comfortable in their bodies. They tend to be more open to being photographed by a stranger. The unexpected happens here a lot." (Mark STEINMETZ)

Background information

"Mark STEINMETZ' ‘15 Miles to K-Ville’ is a poetic journey around the outskirts of K-Ville: a fictional town somewhere between Knoxville, Tennessee and Athens, Georgia, where graves dot the terrain and a sense of forbidding hangs heavy in the air. This collection of darkly humorous and melancholy portraits and landscapes date from the early 1990s when the American photographer was moving between these two cities." (© Stanley / Barker, 2016)

About the American photographer, Mark STEINMETZ (b. 1961, in NYC)

Photo books by Mark STEINMETZ