Susan Patrice can trace generations of violence and trauma against the women in her family. So in photographing people of the South, Patrice had to scale her own hurdles stemming from trauma. "Documentary photography is a deep relationship, and part of what makes my work so successful was the quality of connection with the place and the people," Patrice said. "One of the outcomes of trauma is it isolates you, it separates you."

Susan Patrice can trace generations of violence and trauma against the women in her family. So in photographing people of the South, Patrice had to scale her own hurdles stemming from trauma. "Documentary photography is a deep relationship, and part of what makes my work so successful was the quality of connection with the place and the people," Patrice said. "One of the outcomes of trauma is it isolates you, it separates you."

Matt Wilson remembers tagging along with his older brother, Brian, to comic book shops near his family home of Shelby, N.C. Brian was interested in the investment potential of comic books. The younger Wilson had a different motive. "I didn't know about the collectibility aspect of it," he said. "More than anything, I just liked reading them. I'd find some books to buy and I would just read them over and over again, cover to cover.

Matt Wilson remembers tagging along with his older brother, Brian, to comic book shops near his family home of Shelby, N.C. Brian was interested in the investment potential of comic books. The younger Wilson had a different motive. "I didn't know about the collectibility aspect of it," he said. "More than anything, I just liked reading them. I'd find some books to buy and I would just read them over and over again, cover to cover.

Matt Wilson remembers tagging along with his older brother, Brian, to comic book shops near his family home of Shelby, N.C. Brian was interested in the investment potential of comic books. The younger Wilson had a different motive. "I didn't know about the collectibility aspect of it," he said. "More than anything, I just liked reading them. I'd find some books to buy and I would just read them over and over again, cover to cover.

Matt Wilson remembers tagging along with his older brother, Brian, to comic book shops near his family home of Shelby, N.C. Brian was interested in the investment potential of comic books. The younger Wilson had a different motive. "I didn't know about the collectibility aspect of it," he said. "More than anything, I just liked reading them. I'd find some books to buy and I would just read them over and over again, cover to cover.

Matt Wilson remembers tagging along with his older brother, Brian, to comic book shops near his family home of Shelby, N.C. Brian was interested in the investment potential of comic books. The younger Wilson had a different motive. "I didn't know about the collectibility aspect of it," he said. "More than anything, I just liked reading them. I'd find some books to buy and I would just read them over and over again, cover to cover.

Tina Barr earned a PhD in poetry and a tenured professorship at a small college, and then she met a jazz pianist. "My husband was willing to do his work or die, so he spent years living in Brooklyn, sleeping on a futon rolled up under his piano," Barr said. "He really was an example to me of how to be an artist, and so I feel like now I can call myself a writer."

Tina Barr earned a PhD in poetry and a tenured professorship at a small college, and then she met a jazz pianist. "My husband was willing to do his work or die, so he spent years living in Brooklyn, sleeping on a futon rolled up under his piano," Barr said. "He really was an example to me of how to be an artist, and so I feel like now I can call myself a writer."

Tina Barr earned a PhD in poetry and a tenured professorship at a small college, and then she met a jazz pianist. "My husband was willing to do his work or die, so he spent years living in Brooklyn, sleeping on a futon rolled up under his piano," Barr said. "He really was an example to me of how to be an artist, and so I feel like now I can call myself a writer."