On South County, Alabama – NYTimes.com

On South County, Alabama

After moving to Alabama, RaMell Ross began to make photos that redefined his view of a place where history gave way to the routines of everyday life.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/28/on-south-county-alabama/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog

Within the everyday, parts of the American South have the palpability of a Jerusalem, with a psychic residue that accompanies the air. There are times in the South when you would believe the world is flat, and not spinning, and that it’s O.K.