Carol M. Highsmith

A bountiful table of cakes and pies to snack on as a family catches up in a park

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.

North Carolina

Fontana Dam, Appalachian Trail, North Carolina

Tobacco barn at the Duke Homestead State Historic Site, Durham, North Carolina

Tobacco barn at the Duke Homestead State Historic Site on the outskirts of Durham, North Carolina

Flatbed truck loaded with pumpkins for sale, Valle Crucis, North Carolina

Reconstructed cabin interior at the Hickory Ridge Living History Museum, Boone, North Carolina

"Mountain Man" historic re-enactor, Boone, North Carolina

The Roanoke River Lighthouse in Edenton, North Carolina

Coca-Cola mural that doubles as a welcome sign in Elizabeth City, North Carolina

Decayed vegetation has given the Run Swamp in Camden County, North Carolina

The Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse in Manteo, North Carolina

Beach scene near Jennette's Pir in Nags Head, North Carolin

Cape Hatteras Light, Buxton,  Hatteras Island, North Carolina

The last moments of a wave on Ocracoke Island, a North Carolina

Scene from "The Lost Colony," Manteo, North Carolina

Kitty Pier along the Atlantic Ocean in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Jaume Plensa's "Awilda & Irma" mother-and-daughter sculptures, Raleigh, North Carolina

Elephants at the North Carolina Zoological Park in Asheboro, North Carolina

One of the star attractions at the the Duke Lemur Center in Durham, North Carolina

The Blowing Rock, near Blowing Rock, North Carolina

View of Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina

Dorothy strolls down the Yellow Brick Road in Oz located in Boone, North Carolina

Dorothy’s red shoes on the Yellow Brick Road in Oz located in Boone, North Carolina

Two young donkeys along the road in rural North Carolina

Aerial view of Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina

Mountaineer Inn Motel in Asheville, North Carolina

Bronze statue with plane, Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

Bronze statues, Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

The Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Beach houses on the Atlantic Ocean coast in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Old wooden barn in rural North Carolina

Restored corn crib on the Edwin Holt Plantation in Alamance County, North Carolina

The Governor's Mansion, Raleigh, North Carolina

Native American man in full red and yellow Cherokee regalia, Cherokee, North Carolina

Out buildings at the Latta Plantation in Huntersville, North Carolina

Abandoned gas station in rural North Carolina

Historic old general store in rural North Carolina

Historic house in, Hertford, North Carolina

Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Durham, North Carolina

Chapel Tower, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

Elizabeth II Ship, Manteo, North Carolina

Ocracoke Lighthouse, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina

Older couple smiling and talking at wooden barn door, North Carolina

Kate Carter on her 90th birthday poses for Carol M. Highsmith in log cabins, North Carolina

Kate Carter on her 90th birthday, sitting on bed for shoot in log cabins, North Carolin

Rural farm scene with bales of hay and barn in North Carolina

Old rural county farm tractor in North Carolina

Garden, Old Salem, North Carolina

Engine and engineer of a Tweetsie Railroad steam-fired locomotive, Blowing Rock, North Carolina

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Hatteras Island, North Carolina

Murray & Minges General Store, in Catawba, North Carolina

Cakes and pies line the tables at a family reunion in North Carolina