Sunday July 3 2022 Rolled into town early this morning and started to get my bearings and the layout of the city somewhat into perspective. My only other trips for KDPP had been to Louisville – a drastically different city in many regards. Initial … [Continue reading]
Brittany Greeson. Kentucky Documentary Photographic Project – Bluegrass, September + October 2022
9/20/2022 - Laura Poulette, Madison County Laura Poulette has always been a creative person. The daughter of two creatives and “DIY’ers,” she says she learned to be resourceful early on. She grew up in eastern Pennsylvania and originally … [Continue reading]
Brittany Greeson. Journals: Warren, Muhlenberg and Ohio Counties. 2020
Sept 1st, 2020 Today, I returned to my alma mater, Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, to photograph courses amid the global pandemic. I was curious to see how students were handling everyday protocol for mask wearing, distancing and how … [Continue reading]
Reflections on Owensboro and Daviess County June 29-July 5, 2015
It was hot . . . very hot . . .when I drove into Owensboro. I had a 4:00 meeting with a US Marshall where I was going to try and get the lay of the land. I’d photographed in Owensboro 40 years ago for the original Kentucky Documentary … [Continue reading]
Dawson Springs Tornado
The Tornado hit Dawson Springs on Friday evening December 10, 2021. It was most likely one of a number of tornados that emerged along a 200+ mile line ranging from Northeast Arkansas through central Kentucky. I began my photographic journey by … [Continue reading]
Sept 1st, 2020
Today I returned to my alma mater, Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green to photograph courses amid the global pandemic. I was curious to see how students were handling everyday protocol for mask wearing, distancing and how instructors would … [Continue reading]
Russellville
I have always liked Russellville. It’s in Logan County. The northern section of the county is hilly, bordering, Muhlenberg County. As you go south, the land gets more level, becoming rich farmland. Russellville seemed genteel. The people were (and … [Continue reading]
People Working
I’m always interested in people at work. I began to think a lot about fast food workers and wonder about their lives – and so I made some efforts to photograph them. They are mostly kids and put on big smiles when you face them with a camera. … [Continue reading]
Muhlenberg County Roadside Encounter
Leaving Paradise I meandered. I went to the Rochester Dam that John Prine sang about. Rochester is a small town with maybe one store a bank and a post office. I saw a dot on my Delorme Map identifying the town of Gus. My older son’s name is Gus, so I … [Continue reading]
Police Work
In Paducah I arrange to ride with the Police Department. I’m paired with Officer Kelly Drew but we had a fair amount of contact with the other officers on that shift as well. Kelly amazed me with his background (broken home, alcoholic abusive father, … [Continue reading]
Slave Collar
Juneteenth. June 19, 2020. Demonstrators in Louisville march to both commemorate the day and to call out the killings of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and a list of others who had been killed by the police. The march left Liberty Square and … [Continue reading]
The truth is that I just really like to take pictures…
Having studied photography, pictures like these orbit my mind on a constant loop whether I am conscious of them or not, reminding me of the power of photography and the significance of the past. On the days when I am presumed a DEA agent, these are … [Continue reading]
