Photo Stories from the American South

Sean Rayford 9/29/25 Sean Rayford 9/29/25

NC Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Foliage Report #1

First boots on the ground at Graveyard Fields — a photojournalist's fall foliage report from the southern Blue Ridge Parkway. (2025)

Sean Rayford 6/30/23 Sean Rayford 6/30/23

On Assignment in Charleston, SC

Sean Rayford 1/17/22 Sean Rayford 1/17/22

Winter storm drops on Upstate city

Sean Rayford 12/31/21 Sean Rayford 12/31/21

by SC photojournalist Sean Rayford

Sean Rayford 10/13/21 Sean Rayford 10/13/21

Viking anniversaries, psychedelic mushrooms, and early autumn color — a photojournalist's dispatch from the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Sean Rayford 10/3/21 Sean Rayford 10/3/21

Early season color at 5,000 feet — Graveyard Fields, Black Balsam Knob, and the Art Loeb Trail in early October.

Sean Rayford 6/13/21 Sean Rayford 6/13/21

Saluda Riverwalk is official

Sean Rayford 10/10/20 Sean Rayford 10/10/20

Craggy Pinnacle, Glassmine Falls, and Mt. Mitchell — mid-October color report from milepost 340 to 371 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. (2020)