Carol M. Highsmith

Country singer-songwriting willie nelson, age 80 at the time of this photograph, performs with his band at the city's annual rodeo

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.

Texas

Dome in State Capital, Autin, Texas

A depiction at the East Texas Oil Museum, in Kilgore, Texas

The beloved "Big Texas," the gigantic mascot and symbol of the Texas State Fair, Dallas, Texas

Big Tex, Fair Park in Dallas, Texas

Skyline of Houston taken from the Downtown Aquarium, Houston, Texas

Engaging mule at the Heritage Farmstead Museum  Plano, Texas.

The John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial, Dallas, Texas

Last Drive In Picture Show sign, Gatesville, Texas

The Yellow Rose, western gear and antiques store, Crawford, Texas

Former U.S. president George W. Bush and an aide fish at the 1,600-acre Crawford Ranch, Texas

Former U.S. president George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush, Crawford, Texas

Woman on horseback at Cannon Quarter Horse Ranch near Venus, Texas

Group of brown horses running in a field with a vast sky, rural Texas

The centerpiece statue in the plaza and sculpture garden of the Meadows Museum, Dallas, Texas

"Sho," a modernist, 13-foot-tall sculpture in the plaza of the Meadows Museum, Dallas, Texas

Man at red table smiling, with dog in matching red bandanas, Dallas, Texas

Man smiling, with dog in matching red bandanas, Dallas, Texas

Sculpture on the grounds of a house designed by architect I.M. Pei, Fort Worth, Texas

Freight train approaches in an industrial neighborhood of Fort Worth, Texas

Beer sign inside Lil' Red's Longhorn Saloon in the Stockyards District of Fort Worth, Texas

A barge loaded with visitors pass a row of colorful stalls along the San Antonio River, Texas

People tubing in Prince Solms Park, New Braunfels, Texas

Horse in a meadow in the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park in Johnson City, Texas

Metal art along the road from Johnson City to Kerrville, Texas

Cafe advertising sign on the road from Johnson City to Kerrville, Texas

Vintage Dr Pepper advertisement, Waco, Texas

"Texas Ranger" at the entrance to the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame, Waco, Texas

Country music legend George Strait at the AT&T Center, Dallas, Texas

Neon sign for the Leddy's boot company in the Stockyards District of Fort Worth, Texas

A grain elevator adjoins freight-rail tracks in Wichita Falls, Texas

A pumpjack on the outskirts of Electra, Texas

Man with Texas flag aboard white stallion, performing at the Pioneer Amphitheater, Amarillo, Texas

The "Lighthouse," the signature formation in Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Texas

A mountain biker tests a rugged path Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Texas

A neon sign along 5th Street in Amarillo, Texas

The "Leaning Tower of Groom,"  Groom, Texas

The old Cowboy Motel in Amarillo, Texas

Mount Vernon replica of George Washington's home, Dallas, Texas

The "Glory Window" inside chapel at Thanks-Giving Square, Dallas, Texas

Neon sign outside a bar for “Live Music,” Fort Worth, Texas

One of the twice-daily parades of longhorn steers Stockyards District of Fort Worth, Texas

One of three settings in an art installation called "Traveling Man" in Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas

Dusk view of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas

A donkey in a field in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas

A replica Eiffel Tower with a Texas accent in Paris, Texas

Horse near the entrance to a farm in Hopkins County, Texas

The Hopkins County Courthouse in Sulphur Springs, Texas

The Hopkins County Courthouse in Sulphur Springs in Northeast Texas

An old, painted Coca-Cola sign on the side of a building in the town of Grand Saline, Texas

Country legend Willie Nelson, on stage with guitar at Rodeo Austin, Austin, Texas