Carol M. Highsmith

Classic model t ford at historic swan house in atlanta, with carved gray stone railings and lush green trees and ivy vines

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.

Georgia

Aerial view of Georgia State Capitol building in Atlanta

Georgia State Capitol building in Atlanta

Downtown Atlanta Skyline

Recreated vintage apartment interior at Margaret Mitchell Museum

The Silhouette Building in downtown Atlanta

Elephant statue on stone patio in lush green gardens

Historic gray stone Swan House in Atlanta

Whale shark and orange fish at aquarium

Atlanta skyline with electrical power station

Sign for The Varsity drive-in restaurant

Antique church organ with embroidered seat

View down dirt path through corn fields in Georgia

Rusty vintage tractor near cornfield

Remnants of train trestle in Georgia countryside

Remains of historic church steeple in Georgia

Bulldog mascot statue at University of Georgia

Aerial view of Pipe Makers Canal in Savannah, Georgia

Aerial view of Ford Plantation in Georgia

Aerial view of sprawling mansions of Sea Island, Georgia

Smiling clerks at old-fashioned ice cream shop

Large container ship on calm water with clouds

Red brick cemetery graves with Spanish moss draped overhead

Rusty abandoned car painted as Pixar “Cars” character

Rustic barn covered in vintage metal signs

Young colt leaning face over corral fence

Old-fashioned interior of general store in Georgia

Smiling peanut statue in yard in Plains, Georgia

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter sit in home church in Plains, Georgia

Jimmy Carter at pulpit of a church in Plains, Georgia

Three rustic old barns in Georgia countryside

Whimsical alligator wall mural on red brick building

Colorful autumn trees along dirt path

Spanish Moss drooping over Southern cemetery grave markers

Victorian style shingled cottage on Jekyl Island

Georgia mansion with large columns and Christmas decorations

Historic Clubhouse of the Jekyll Island Club in Georgia

Historic, colonial style Isaiah Davenport House in Savannah

Historic red brick Johnston-Felton-Hay House in Georgia

Georgia Capitol Building in downtown Atlanta

Historic red brick Fort Pulaski National Monument

Historic Andersonville Prison in Georgia

Antique Model T Ford parked by gray stone mansion