Sean Rayford 5/4/20 Sean Rayford 5/4/20

Reopening South Carolina

Five Points attracts crowds as pandemic restrictions loosened

Sean Rayford 5/2/20 Sean Rayford 5/2/20

“Covid-19 haircut is why I'm wearing a hat.”

ReopenSC Protestors return to capital city

Sean Rayford 4/25/20 Sean Rayford 4/25/20

Protestors call for re-opening of SC

Barbershops, salons, restaurants still closed

Sean Rayford 4/19/20 Sean Rayford 4/19/20

Burying their dead and still digging out

SC neighborhood fears another round of storms

Sean Rayford 4/11/20 Sean Rayford 4/11/20

Canceled: A Southern Portrait Pt. IV

“It's like watching an avalanche.”

Sean Rayford 4/5/20 Sean Rayford 4/5/20

Columbia, SC - Sunday, April 5, 2020

Empty Streets in SC capital

Sean Rayford 4/1/20 Sean Rayford 4/1/20

Canceled: A Southern Portrait Pt. III

“It came to a grinding halt.”

Sean Rayford 3/19/20 Sean Rayford 3/19/20

Canceled: A Southern Portrait

No such thing as normal

Sean Rayford 2/28/20 Sean Rayford 2/28/20

Photos: Bernie Sanders - Spartanburg, SC

South Carolinians cast votes on Saturday

Sean Rayford 2/9/20 Sean Rayford 2/9/20

Congaree rises into Cayce neighborhood

Photos: River Flooding in South Carolina

Sean Rayford 9/8/19 Sean Rayford 9/8/19

Dorian Photo Report - Charleston, SC

On the ground in Charleston as Hurricane Dorian brushes the South Carolina coast — downed power lines, flooded streets, and exploding transformers.

Sean Rayford 9/3/19 Sean Rayford 9/3/19

Photojournalist's Hurricane Kit: Prepping for Dorian

A South Carolina photojournalist preps the disaster van ahead of Hurricane Dorian — gear, kayak, chainsaw waders and more.

Sean Rayford 6/2/19 Sean Rayford 6/2/19

Blythewood DOKO Rodeo

Steer wraslin and more at the Doko Rodeo

Photo Stories from the American South