These photographs are excerpts from our artist book, As Has It, a publication comprised of interviews, photographs, and audio field recordings captured throughout Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. 

Carolina Chocolate Drops founder Dom Flemons playing at his home in Silver Springs, Maryland.

Barber/Musician Billy Wayne Dudley playing on the street in Floyd, Virginia.

Rail Yard, Norton, Virginia

Recording Session, Whitesburg, Kentucky

Musician Robert Stowe at his home in Eden, North Carolina.

Smoky Mountains, Tennessee

Church and coal processing plant, St. Paul, Virginia

Earl White playing on his farm near Floyd, Virginia.

Dea Felts, Galax, Virginia

Nuclear Power Plant. Nitro, West Virginia

Mural, Scarbro, West Virginia

Community Jam Session, Galax Virginia

Kirk Sutphin at his home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina