Ohio Photographer Spends 15 Years With One Family. He Says His Plan Wasn’t Done – West Virginia Public Broadcasting

A little girl standing in the middle of a gravel road. He is bent over looking at the swallowtail butterflies.

This discussion originally appeared on the March 29, 2026 episode of Inside Appalachia. At the end of last year, New York Times published a guest essay titled, “Evidence Action in Appalachia.” It describes photographer Maddie McGarvey and Paige Casto’s relationship with her family. McGarvey was a sophomore studying photojournalism at Ohio University 15 years ago … Read more