America

These are almost exclusively "b-side" photos, or frames I've shot on assignments that were irrelevant or too odd to run with the stories they were supposed to run with, that capture what I think of America: patriotic, religious, excessive, goofy, affectionate, bizarre, colorful, wonderful.


A boy watches his yo yo swing around on the grounds of Gretna High School.

A man places his hand on his son's head during a convocation at the beginning of the Danville Community College Graduation at Carrington Pavilion.

Festival in the Park attendees navigate their wheelchairs past children and families on Saturday, May 16.

Becca Miley, 7, waves an American flag while wearing a sandwich board depicting a dollar bill and a tractor, reading "Want Back" at the Danville Tea Party Tax Day at Ballou Park on Saturday, July 4.

A shopper dangles her cigarette from her car while waiting in line to get out of the parking lot of Piedmont Mall during the Christmas shopping rush.

Underneath a glowing blue cross made out of Christmas lights, members of local ROTC groups march down Main Street in the Danville Christmas Parade.

Jeramy Freeman, a body builder, stands on Riverside Drive dressed as Mr. Incredible during a promotional events at Kids Have Style salon. Freeman was the physical model for the character Mr. Increidble in the Disney film.

One of Virgil Goode's supporters wears a John McCain mask while manning the merchandise booth at a fundariser for the former 5th district congressman.

John McCain, portrayed by Dusty Eckard, watches as his fellow students leave the Dan River Elementary School after a mock election.

Party goers at the Milton Women's Club Halloween party take a moment away from the festivities.

Prior to the announcement of the Dan River High School Homecoming King and Queen, one of the members of the homecoming court adjusts her dress in the endzone.

Chainsaw-wielding ghouls attempt to terrorize visitors at a haunted corn maze in Dry Fork on Halloween.

Doris Tosh watches cloggers dance to the sounds of a bluegrass band at the 2009 Sorghum Festival.

A family walks across the crowded rows of the Pittsylvania County Fairgrounds toward the brightly lit rides of the fair.

Jesse Jackson addresses a large crowd at the dedication of the Martin Luther King Memorial Bridge on September 18.

Army E-5 retired veteran Steve Walker carefully folds up a flag following the Memorial Day service at Danville National Cemetary.

From the skeet shooting window at Cedar Hill Gun Club, a volunteer is seen walking across the range.

The youngest son of journalist Charlie Hurt, the Washington Bureau Chief for the New York Post, shares his feelings about his father's speech to the Wednesday Club.

A man in a cowboy hat looks out from the top of a small climbing wall at the playground at Dan Daniel Park.

Pamela Wisto (right) and her husband David Theis speak to wedding guests following their wedding at Perfect Body Fitness and Sports Complex.

Several generations of African-American men watch the inauguration of Barack Obama inside Bibleway Church in Danville.