From the early stages of photography, photographs have been used as a method of depicting social relationships and structures. Often, photographs intending to draw attention to social and economic needs were recorded from an "outsider's" perspective. As a result, regions such as Appalachia have been portrayed as fundamentally different…

Louisville, Kentucky is an eclectic town of architectural styles from Greek revival to Renaissance Revival to Post modernism, not to mention an entire street dedicated to artsy mom and pop stores. Louisville is second only to the New York City Soho district in terms of the number of its cast-iron facades. Many of these building's fronts have…