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Slave Cabin, McIntosh County
I was recently contacted by some friends in McIntosh County about the opportunity to photograph a slave cabin on their property. Of course, this immediately piqued my interest and when I learned it...
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South End Beach, Ossabaw Island
Ossabaw Island’s South End Beach is a 12-mile, hour-long ride away from any semblance of civilization but well worth the difficulty of getting there. From the Main Road we veered onto Hell Hole Road,...
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South End Boneyard, Ossabaw Island
Boneyard beaches are an emblematic feature of the Sea Islands, with examples in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. Ossabaw’s South End boneyard is much larger but less well-known than Jekyll’s...
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Big Slough, Ossabaw Island
Big Slough is the tidal creek that separates the mainland of Ossabaw Island from South End and Middle Beaches. National Register of Historic Places
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Sea Turtle Release, Ossabaw Island
Since travel to Ossabaw Island is strictly limited to ecotourism and educational programs and often sold out months in advance, I feel fortunate to have participated in one of the Ossabaw Island...
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Hell Hole Road, Ossabaw Island
The trip to South End Beach takes you down Hell Hole Road. Full of potholes and the occasional hog wallow, it’s quite rough. I can understand why early settlers thought it hellish but it was paradise...
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Genesis Project Ruins, 1970s, Ossabaw Island
The Genesis Project was an interdisciplinary artists’ colony launched by Ossabaw Island owner Sandy West in 1970. It was centered at the site of an antebellum plantation known as Middle Place and was...
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Buckhead Creek, Ossabaw Island
Buckhead Creek can be viewed from the site of the Genesis Project at Middle Place. National Register of Historic Places
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Boarding House, 1918, Ossabaw Island
This structure, also known as the Bachelor’s House, was built for partners of the Strachan Shipping Company who purchased Ossabaw Island from Henry Davis Weed in 1916. During their ownership it was...
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Tabby Slave Cabins, 1820s-1840s, Ossabaw Island
Modified for residential use in the 20th century and restored in the late 2000s, the three extant tabby slave cabins on Ossabaw Island represent the most significant surviving cluster of slave...
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Tabby Smoke House, Circa 1820, Ossabaw Island
Besides the tabby slave cabins, this is the only surviving structure from North End Plantation. It has been expanded with brick veneer. These days, it’s popular with the Sicilian Donkeys. National...
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Club House, Circa 1886, Ossabaw Island
The Club House was constructed during Philadelphia department store magnate John Wanamaker’s ownership of Ossabaw Island. Some sources state it was originally built for the Centennial Exposition in...
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Carey Hilliard’s, Savannah
If you know anything about Savannah, you’re likely familiar with this sign and the iconic local food chain it represents. The story goes that Carey Hilliard hitchhiked from Jesup to Savannah in the...
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Sunbury Cemetery, 1758, Liberty County
Laid out in St. John’s Parish in 1758 on land originally owned by Mark Carr, Sunbury soon drew comparisons to Savannah as one of Georgia’s great seaports. Nearly 500 lots (not all occupied) were...
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Patterson-Brown House, Circa 1870, The Ridge
William Henry Patterson came to Darien after the Civil War and purchased the land on which he built this house from the Blount family. The neighborhood on the Old Shell Road (Georgia Highway 99),...
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Self-Service Ice, Welding & Answers, Harris Neck
I made these photos in 2009; no one was living here when I was in the neighborhood earlier this summer. As a self-service ice house, it served an important purpose in this community of fishermen. The...
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Tug Boat at Hell Gate, Chatham County
Hell Gate is a shortcut channel near the confluence of the Big Ogeechee River and Little Ogeechee River that was cut by the Army Corps of Engineers to accommodate the convenient movement of vessels in...
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Silas Fulton House, 1860, Savannah
Savannah Historic District, National Historic Landmark
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Andrew Low House, 1849, Savannah
Built between 1848-1849 on a trust lot facing LaFayette Square by architect John Norris, the Andrew Low House is one of Savannah’s most iconic residences and its most popular house museum. Vanity Fair...
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