Carol M. Highsmith

Women in long dresses and hats outside after tending the garden

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.

Virginia

Henry’s House Hill at Manassas National Battlefield Park outside Manassas, VIrginia

A kayaker tests the falls that inspired the name for the Great Falls Park, Virginia

Riding horses await a morning workout at a stable at Madeira School, McLean, Virginia

Pocahontas statue at Historic Jamestown, Virginia

Building inside the reconstructed fort at the Jamestown Settlement in Jamestown, Virginia

Two people reenact preparing a meal in the 1600s at  Powhatan Indian Village, Jamestown, Virginia

Historical reenactment near Yehakhin huts, Powhatan Indian Village, Jamestown, Virginia

Renacting guard duty at the Jamestown Settlement in Jamestown, Virginia

Historic reenactors fire a cannon at the Jamestown Settlement in Jamestown, Virginia

This image of the organ pipes at St. Luke’s Church, Benns Church, Virginia

Two people at fire pits, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia

Red brick building with American flag, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia

Man riding horseback in military attire from the American Revolutionary era, Williamsburg, Virginia

Man and woman on porch of traditional 18th Century home, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia

Man sharpening knife in historic 18th Century dress, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia

The Governors’ Palace at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia

Colonial Williamsburg building with horse and cart, Williamsburg, Virginia

Two white horses parked with red carriage in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia

Two women gardening in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia

Two tailors hand sewing garments in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia

Two men with fabrics tailoring a garment, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia

Floral patterned fourposter bed in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia

Armory on display in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia

Colonial Williamsburg, the world's largest living-history museum, in Williamsburg, Virginia

Wave coming in on Virginia Beach, Virginia

“LOVE” painted boldly depicting life in Virginia Beach, Virginia

Statue of Neptune, Virginia Beach, Virginia

The “New” (1881) Cape Henry Lighthouse, Virginia Beach, Virginia

The Rotunda, at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

Virginia's Explore Park, Roanoke, Virginia

Women in the Military Service at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia

Iwo Jima Memorial at Dusk, Arlington, Virginia

Springtime view of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia

Mount Vernon, the plantation of George Washington, Fairfax County, Virginia

Two women with basket in historic 18th Century dress, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia