American Portrait USA Road Trip Deep South

American Portrait USA Road Trip Deep South: Fifth set of American ‘portraits’ featuring interviewees during the USA road-trip(s), second post of the South, dubbed ‘Deep,’ including Atlanta GA, Alabama, Mississippi and Memphis, and Arkansas.

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Featured here, and special thanks to them (city corresponds to where I met them, not always where they’re from):

Atlanta:

–       Gregory, Atlanta GA, unemployed

–       Mushi (?), Atlanta GA, from Israel, involved in Talmudic studies

–       Andar, Atlanta GA, tourist from India

–       Antoine, Atlanta GA, international student

–       Lalla, Atlanta GA, valet and former monk

–       Cortez, Atlanta GA, “thirty six and black and sexy”

–       Andrew, Atlanta GA, restaurant co-owner, survived a coma

–       Anna, Atlanta GA, world traveler and “no one in particular”

Carbon Hill, AL:

–       Lacey, Carbon Hill AL, Pizza guy

–       Daryl, Carbon Hill AL, brick-layer

–       Judy, Carbon Hill AL, loves the Lord

Tupelo and Memphis:

–       Show car driver, Memphis MS

–       Charlene, Memphis MS

–       Christopher, Memphis MS, horse carriage driver

–       Kara, Tupelo MS

–       Jamie, Tupelo MS, works at a bar

–       John, Tupelo MS, has a story untold

–       James, Memphis MS, people should be treated equally

–       Lydia and George, Natchez MS, “C’est la vie…”

Arkansas and Branson, MO:

–       Phil, Little Rock AK, security

–       Robert Smith, Ozarks AK, focused on living

–       Rick, Branson MO, contemplative fisher