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CLARK & POLAND’S IMMINENT JOURNEY ART & ESSAYS ON SOUTH CAROLINA obert Clark and Tom Poland began a long history of photo-essay collaborations in the mid-1980s. Together, they have co-authored four books on South Carolina and many feature articles. Their current work, Reflections of South Carolina, (USC Press 1999) is in its third printing and has sold more than 35,000 copies. Their new book, Reflections of South Carolina, Volume Two (USC Press spring 2014) will be their most ambitious undertaking and will present readers approximately 250 images and twenty-two mini-essays. The book represents the culmination of a lifetime’s work for both men.
ROBERT CLARK
TOM POLAND
Robert Clark photographs people, places, and panoramas. He captures nature, architecture, landscapes, and objects at their best. In short, he captures the beauty of life itself. A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Clark’s work has appeared in National Geographic books, Newsweek, Smithsonian, photographic awards annuals such as Print and Communication Arts, and magazines too numerous to list.
Tom Poland’s writing appears in magazines, books, and journals throughout the United States. He writes often about a changing Southland. His essay “For The Birds” appears in State of the Heart: South Carolina Writers on the Places They Love, an anthology to be released in spring 2013 by the USC Press with a foreword by Pat Conroy. Swamp Gravy, Georgia’s Folk Life Drama, produced Solid Ground, his play in October 2011 and March 2012.
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