Appalachia Portraits 03


I asked this boy if he had to protect his little brother. He paused a moment to consider my question. Then he just said, “Yes.”
Her expression is difficult for me to decode. Why is she looking at her new shoes this way? What is she thinking?
She looks like a tiny movie star. >>After and before, mother and daughter.


Little sister. Big sister. >> Quiet and smart.
These pictures were taken in rural coal country & Appalachia in 2014
Text and Images © Andrew Auten – All Rights Reserved