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William Christenberry’s Haunted South

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The noted photographer, who died this week, returned each year to obsessively and meticulously photograph the ever changing Alabama landscape that shaped his vision.

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© William Christenberry; courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York and Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, DC

Church, Sprott, Alabama

© William Christenberry; courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York and Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, DC

Coleman's Café, Greensboro, Alabama

© William Christenberry; courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York and Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, DC

Double Cola Sign, Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee

© William Christenberry; courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York and Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, DC

Side of Palmist Building, Havana Junction, Alabama

© William Christenberry; courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York and Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, DC

Taylor's Place, near Greensboro, Alabama

© William Christenberry; courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York and Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, DC

House and Car, near Akron, Alabama

© William Christenberry; courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York and Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, DC

Red Building in Forest, Hale County, Alabama

© William Christenberry; courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York and Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, DC

5 Cent, Demopolis, Alabama

© William Christenberry; courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York and Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, DC

Green Warehouse, Newbern, Alabama

© William Christenberry; courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York and Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, DC

Corn Sign with Storm Cloud, near Greensboro, Alabama

© William Christenberry; courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York and Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, DC

Kudzu with Storm Cloud, near Akron, Alabama

© William Christenberry; courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York and Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, DC

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