Carol M. Highsmith

An orangutan cavorts at the cincinnati zoo and botanical garden, america's second-oldest zoo, in cincinnati, ohio

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.

Ohio

A mural fills the entire side of a building in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio

Pig in uniform, conducting, Cincinnati, Ohio

An array of signs for banks, cars, restaurants, at the American Sign Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio

Old, retrieved neon sign from the Beaman Pontiac auto dealership in Cincinnati, Ohio

Giant pig outside the American Sign Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio

A classic outdoor neon sign advertising a pharmacy, Cincinnati, Ohio

A classic outdoor neon sign advertising one of the locations of the Howard Johnson, Cincinnati, Ohio

An original McDonald's fast-food franchise "golden arches" neon sign, Cincinnati, Ohio

View from Kentucky of Cincinnati, Ohio

View from the Ohio River waterfront in Cincinnati, Ohio

The “Sing the Queen City” aluminum sculpture was placed in Freedom Park, Cincinnati, Ohio

Rose Abrams and her son, Drew Bennett -- homeless and seeking warmheartedness in Cincinnati, Ohio

Dusk view of the city, with the giant, illuminated "CINCINNATI" sign, Cincinnati, Ohio

Grave at Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum in Cincinnati, Ohio

A gibbon cavorts at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, Cincinnati, Ohio

A lioness at the Cincinnati Zoo, Cincinnati, Ohio

Jungle Jim's International Market, Fairfield, Ohio

Gateway and chapel buildings, Dayton, Ohio

Display of classic Packard automobiles at America's Packard Museum, Dayton, Ohio

Artist John Safer's stainless-steel "Pathway" sculpture, in Dayton, Ohio

Display recreating a scene inside the Frank Hale Grocery Store, Dayton, Ohio

Exterior architectural details on the 1915 Home Building Association Bank building in Newark, Ohio

Thirty One West, music venue in Newark, Ohio

Longaberger Co.'s famous "big baskets" in Central Ohio

Ohio's famous "Big Basket" building in Newark, Ohio

The Ohio Statehouse, Columbus, Ohio

A jaunty-looking, neon "Mr. Peanut" stands high, Columbus, Ohio

The ornate lobby of the Ohio Theatre in Columbus, Ohio

Skyline of Columbus, Ohio

A "buggy warning" site is a familiar sight in Morrow County, Ohio

A “tractor” site is a familiar sight in Morrow County, Ohio

An Amishman tends to popcorn, prepared over an open fire, Berlin, Ohio

Men's straw hats, hanging inside the farmhouse at Yoder's Amish Home, Walnut Creek, Ohio

Horse-drawn Amish buggies for tourists near Walnut Creek, Ohio

Amish girls ride through Winesburg, Ohio

A "Mail Pouch Barn" in Stark County, Ohio

Massive steel grain silos in Mansfield, Ohio

Baseball game at Bob Cene Park in Struthers, Ohio

Sanctuary of St. Columba Catholic Cathedral in Youngstown, Ohio

The 2002 Weatherhead School of Management, Cleveland, Ohio

The Arcade in downtown Cleveland, Ohio

Gilded clock above a door inside the Cleveland Public Library's main building in Cleveland, Ohio

Dale Chuhuly's modernist sculpture, "The Reeds," Toledo, Ohio

King's Island amusement park, Mason, Ohio

Amish vendor sign, Holmes County, Ohio

Statue of woman in Grecian robes at the The Howard M. Metzenbaum Courthouse, Cleveland, Ohio

Statue of woman with tablet at The Howard M. Metzenbaum Courthouse, Cleveland, Ohio

Pyramid at dusk at the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, Ohio

Cincinnati cityscape from across the river, Cincinnati, Ohio

An orangutan cavorts at the Cincinnati Zoo, Cincinnati, Ohio