Rob Amberg (NC, b. 1947), Juanita Shelton Hauling Tobacco for Hanging, Hopewell, North Carolina

Gelatin silver print, 1983, pencil signed, titled, and dated to verso, unframed.

Sheet size 10 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.

Private Collection, Charlotte, North Carolina

Rob Amberg's work documents communities, landscapes, and vernacular culture in the Appalachian region. Working primarily in western North Carolina since the 1970s, Amberg has focused on long-term, collaborative projects that examine place, memory, and social change. His best-known bodies of work include the Sodom Laurel Album, a multi-decade photographic and oral history project centered on a Madison County community, and Flood along the River of Heaven, documenting the 2004 floods in southern Appalachia.

Overall good condition; few minor edge nicks and faint smudges to verso.