Photo essay Photojournalism

by Mark Steinmetz

Past K-Ville

Mark Steinmetz’s new book Past K-Ville continues the poetic journey that began in ‘Fifteen Miles to K-Ville’. This new collection of photographs dates from the mid1990s and was made on road trips throughout the American South: Memphis, Atlanta, New Orleans, Chattanooga, and Athens, Georgia. Spray-painted rumors of romance punctuate a world comprised largely of teenagers and young couples. “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