Carol M. Highsmith

The light stands on the southern side of the entrance to charleston harbor, north of the city of folly beach

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.

South Carolina

“The Gaffney Peachoid" in Gaffney, South Carolina,

The old peanut warehouse, now an entertainment venue, is a landmark in Conway, South Carolina

A trainer swims and dances with a tiger, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Scene on marshy Pawley's Island, a barrier island in Georgetown County, South Carolina

Bubbles the 9,000-pound African elephant, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Bird and turtle on the water at Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina

Horse at Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina

"Alligator Bender" at Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina

Canopy of oaks and Spanish moss at Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina

"Joy of Motherhood," Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina

Spanish moss-draped oaks at Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina

Alligator emerging from the water at Alligator Adventure,  Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Owl at Alligator Adventure theme park, North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Fake shark for tourist photos at the Second Avenue Pier in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Congregation of alligators at Alligator Adventure, North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Teacup ride at the Broadway at the Beach amusement area in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Underwater life at Ripley's Aquarium in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Aerial view of the marina and Harbour Town Lighthouse in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

Boeing manufacturing an aircraft in a hanger Charleston, South Carolina

The Old Sheldon Church Ruins,  a historic site in Beaufort County, South Carolina

Remnants of the 1830s vintage Glendale Mill on Lawson’s Fork Creek in Spartanburg, South Carolina

Rear entrance to the mansion known as the "Robert Mills House" in Columbia, South Carolina

The DeBruhl-Marshall house, a historic home in Columbia, South Carolina

Re-enactor outside the old slave cabins Boone Hall Plantation, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Abandoned cabins with a touch of art and color Charleston, South Carolina

Spiral staircase, at the Nathaniel Russell House, Charleston, South Carolina

Footbridge on the grounds of the Magnolia House, Charleston, South Carolina

Gazebo at the Magnolia House, Charleston, South Carolina

The shrimp boat Winds of Fortune, which sails out of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Salt marsh near Beaufort, South Carolina

Kensington Manner on the antebellum Kensington Planation, Eastover, South Carolina

U.S. Custom House located in Charleston, South Carolina

One of many Mexican-themed structures at South of the Border, Dillon, South Carolina