Carol Highsmith has donated her life's photography work of tens of thousands of images to the Library of Congress during her decades-long career.  The photography collection at the Library is the most historic photographic collection on earth and includes the work of Dorothea Lange and Frances Benjamin Johnston.  Highsmith has been doing a visual study of America for 40 years and travels the United States for about 10 months a year.

Carol M. Highsmith

Former U.S. president George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush, Crawford, Texas

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Valentine's day concept of thatched heart decorations on wooden table

Valentine's day concept with ornate silver heart decorations

Valentine's day concept with dotted felt heart

Valentine's day concept with ceramic golden heart

Valentine's day concept with golden heart ornament

Valentine's day concept of thatched heart decorations on wooden table with copy space

Valentine's day concept with three colorful ceramic heart

Valentine's day concept with three thatched heart decorations

Valentine's day concept of thatched heart decorations on wooden table with space for text

Valentine's day concept of three thatched heart decorations on wooden table

Valentine's day concept of thatched heart shaped decorations on wooden table

St. Valentine's Day card with heart ornament on calendar near the 14th

Thatched heart decoration held in two hands

Cowboy at the Funky Cadillac Ranch, U.S. Route 66, Amarillo

Former U.S. president George W. Bush and an aide fish at the 1,600-acre Crawford Ranch, Texas

James M. McGroarty, the King of Mardi Gras, Bandera, Texas

Two boys taking part in a reenactment at the annual Battle of San Jacinto Festival, Texas

St. Valentine day concept of presents and ceramic heart decorations

St. Valentine day concept of presents and heart decorations

Larry Heidbreder and Texan longhorns at the annual Battle of San Jacinto Festival, Texas

Country legend Willie Nelson, on stage with guitar at Rodeo Austin, Austin, Texas

Country legend Willie Nelson, on stage at Rodeo Austin, Austin, Texas

Scene from the Mexican encampment at the annual Battle of San Jacinto Festival, Texas

Man at red table smiling, with dog in matching red bandanas, Dallas, Texas

One of the twice-daily parades of longhorn steers Stockyards District of Fort Worth, Texas

Woman on horseback at Cannon Quarter Horse Ranch near Venus, Texas

Man smiling, with dog in matching red bandanas, Dallas, Texas

Valentine's day concept with silverware on plate with with napkin and tartan heart

St. Valentine day table setting with colorful heart decorations

St. Valentines concept with marshmallow spelling the word love

Love spelled in blocks on table

St. Valentine day card concept with brown plate and heart

Three people on horseback on the appaloosa, ride along Padre Island, near Corpus Christi, Texas

St. Valentine's day concept with golden heart ornament on table setting with copy space

St. Valentine's day concept with golden heart ornament on table setting

Top view of St. Valentines concept with marshmallow overflowing from mug

Top view of two ribbon wrapped gifts with heart ornaments

Valentine's flat lay with heart decorations, candles and gifts

Present wrapped in red ribbon

Giftbox wrapped in red ribbon

St. Valentine's day concept with golden heart ornament on plate

Gift with red ribbon and heart ornaments

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Latina woman talking to group of men in El Paso in the 1970s

Horse riding at King Ranch, outside  Corpus Christi and Brownsville, Texas

Country singer-songwriting legend Willie Nelson, on stage at Rodeo Austin, Austin, Texas

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