Ralls County
"Ralls County" was my final master's project.
Over the course of almost a year, I sourced non-professional participants for a project documenting Ralls County, one of Missouri's few news deserts. I then gave participants disposable cameras and asked them to document anything they found worthy of the news. During this process, I acted as an editor for participants, answering questions and helping participants with their photographs. Later, I edited and designed a photo book using their images (still in progress).
This project was all about giving a photographic voice back to a community that had lost it, and I hope this project did that, at least in some small way.
Participants: Becca Evans, Betty Trower, Carolyn Trower, Delores Woodhurst, Kerri Roberts, and Rebecca Biggers