Carol M. Highsmith

New hampshire highland games and festival in lincoln is a gathering filled with pipes, drums, dancing, stone lifting and throwing, and kilts

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.

New Hampshire

Fishing boats in a small Peirce Island harbor in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Small dock on the Piscataqua River in Portsmouth,  New Hampshire

An October 2017 aerial view of the historic seaport of Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Restored building at the Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Lobster traps on the Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Bronze copy of the goddess Diana in the "Little Studio" at Aspect, New Hampshire

Close up of bronze copy of the goddess Diana in the "Little Studio" at Aspect, New Hampshire

Little Studio at Aspect, New Hampshire

Imposing metal-art robot at the Indian Brook Trading Co. Bethlehem, New Hampshire

Engine, tender, and coach of the Mount Washington Cog Railway, Twin Mountain, New Hampshire

Sunset over Chocoura Lake in Moultonborough, New Hampshire

Neon directional sign to Weirs Beach, Laconia, New Hampshire

Building in the mill district on the Winnipesaukee River in Laconia, New Hampshire

The Belknap Mill, on the Winnipesaukee River in Laconia, New Hampshire

Part of a residence at Canterbury Shaker Village, Canterbury, New Hampshire

Man and sons at the New Hampshire Highland Games and Festival in Lincoln, New Hampshire

The Mount Washington and Resort in the wintertime, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire

The Mount Washington Hotel resort, and its reflection, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire

Aerial view of the Cog Railway going through the mountains, New Hampshire's

Houses at Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

1950s living room interior at Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

A 1950s kitchen at Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

The engine and coach of the world first cog railway, which climbs Mt. Washington in New Hampshire

An aerial view of the historic Mount Washington Hotel, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire

Great Gatsby festival at the historic Mt. Washington Hotel Bretton Woods, New Hampshire

Frye's Measure Mill, Wilton, New Hampshire

New Hampshire Old Man in the Mountain Remembered,  Cannon Mountain, New Hampshire

Aerial shot of Franconia Notch, Appalachian Trail, New Hampshire

Mount Washington Cog Railway, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire

Treffle Bolduc poses with the snowshoes he makes by hand, North Conway, New Hampshire

Bagpipers parade at the annual Highland Games and Festival in Lincoln, New Hampshire