Photographer Tamara Reynolds was born and bred in the Deep South, but has always been conflicted about coming from that part of the country so rich in painful contradictions.
In 2011, she set out on a journey of self-discovery to explore her ambivalent feelings toward Dixie, resulting in the Southern Route photo project.
A lifelong resident of Tennessee, Reynolds, 53, has spent the past two years exploring back roads and small towns throughout Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky and her own home state.
Reynolds sought to capture the everyday struggles, joy and pain of people who call South their home, while offering an unflinching look at vestiges of segregation, disenfranchisement and inequity.
'In so doing, I found I could appreciate my home despite its failings,' Reynolds wrote in her artist statement.
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