Carol M. Highsmith

"louisville murals - star route," by frank weathers, 1937

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.

Kentucky

Boyhood home of renowned boxer Muhammad Ali, Louisville, Kentucky

Log cabin at Locust Grove, Louisville, Kentucky

Historic facade of a home in Louisville, Kentucky

Row of colorful buildings in downtown Louisville, Kentucky

Giant baseball bat outside Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory in Louisville, Kentucky’s

One of several countrified spots in the tiny settlement of Rabbit Hash, Kentucky

The old general store in the little Ohio River “country town” of Rabbit Hash, Kentucky

Large sign on the wall of a business in downtown Louisville, Kentucky

Neon sign in a store window in the lively Highlands Neighborhood, Louisville, Kentucky

Whiskey in barrels at Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, Kentucky

Horse farm, Frankfort, Kentucky

Handler Angel Castillo shows off the stallion at Ashford Stud, breeding farm in Versailles, Kentucky

Cane Run Farm, a breeding farm for standard-bred horses near Georgetown, Kentucky

Red-clay Red Mile, a legendary racetrack for standard-bred trotting horses, Lexington, Kentucky

The 1879 Stable of Memories and Floral Hall in Lexington, Kentucky

Mural of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln, Lexington, Kentucky

One of several downtown murals in Lexington, Kentucky

An homage to the state in Lexington, Kentucky

One of three first-floor parlors at the teen-years in Lexington, Kentucky

The Parkette, a nostalgic, 1950s-era drive-in restaurant in Lexington, Kentucky

Lobby mural of Native Americans, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Louisville, Kentucky

Artwork at the U.S. Post Office & U.S. Courthouse, Louisville, Kentucky

Gene Snyder U.S. Courthouse & Custom House Artwork, Louisville, Kentucky

A traditional dark tobacco barn, Kentucky

Interior of the Center House at Shakertown, Harrodsburg, Kentucky

Exterior of Shakertown, Harrodsburg, Kentucky

Horse farm in Lexington, Kentucky

Bedroom at Shakertown, Harrodsburg, Kentucky