Tag Archives: Chattanooga

Fall into Tuesday Tips

October 9, 2018 · by · in Documentary photography, photographers, Research · 4 Comments

There is definitely a touch of fall in the air, even here in the South. It is time to gather our information nuggets and store them to use after the holidays for our winter research hunts. More on Researching Photographers Working in the South Frances Benjamin Johnston’s Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South (CSAS), […]

Wordless Wednesday – It’s Dog Days!

August 24, 2016 · by · in photographers · Leave a comment

                        Wordless Wednesday is a daily blogging prompt suggested by http://www.Geneabloggers.com © E. Lee Eltzroth and Hunting & Gathering, 2016. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without  written permission from this blog’s author is prohibited. The piece can be re-blogged, and excerpts and links […]

A Mountain of Connections: Georgia – Tennessee Photographers, Part Two

August 22, 2016 · by · in Artists, Documentary photography, photographers, Research · 16 Comments

I am reaching across that invisible Georgia – Tennessee state line again. Although there are many Georgia photographers with roots in all parts of the state of Tennessee, my two-part post, A Mountain of Connections, highlights Georgia photographers with Chattanooga-area connections. There are those photographers who worked in the nearby Dalton and Rome, Georgia areas to discuss, […]

A Mountain of Connections: Georgia – Tennessee Photographers, part one

May 20, 2016 · by · in Documentary photography, photo-history, photographers, Research · 3 Comments

Recently I read the short story by raconteur Donald Davis, called “See Rock City” in the book by the same name (subtitled “A Story Journey Through Appalachia”; August House, 1996). It made me laugh out loud, and I decided this is the right time to write about those photographers who have that Tennessee-Georgia connection. In this […]

Tuesday Tips – Researching Photographers Working in the South part 2

August 6, 2013 · by · in Amateur photographers, photo-history, photographers · 12 Comments

North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee   A Section of one of my bookshelves, photo by the author Welcome to the second of my series of posts on Researching Photographers Working in the South. There is a good reason to become familiar with these sources. We must continue to seek the facts that will help […]