2024 Featured Photographers
Andrea Bruce is an award winning documentary photographer whose work focuses on people living in the aftermath of war. She concentrates on the social issues that are sometimes ignored and often ignited in war's wake. In 2021, she launched Down in the County, a weekly visual newsletter to chronicle everyday life and issues in North Carolina’s largely rural Pamlico County.
Down in the County
In 2021, Andrea Bruce launched Down in the County, a weekly visual newsletter to chronicle everyday life and issues in North Carolina’s largely rural Pamlico County. Its a place for residents to share their stories, highlight local events, access information and resources, and even be a part of the storytelling process.
Brenda and Vernon Rose have come out to Dawson Creek before dawn to fish. They are standing on a pier casting their pre-baited lines, hidden from the road by scrub and tall pines. “We prefer a strong wind with a lot of wave action,” says Vernon. “Days like this are hit or miss. It’s prettier, but the fish don’t think so.” Outside the county, this creek is famous as the inspiration for the television show “Dawson’s Creek.” But in the county, it’s famous for good fishing.
