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Paige Green is a documentary and portrait photographer, whose storytelling approach to photography frequently addresses issues involving agriculture, land use, and food. Her work is featured in nine books and has been published in Glamour, National Geographic Traveler, New York Times Magazine, Conde Nast Traveler, GQ, Country Living, House Beautiful, and Culture. Paige lives in Petaluma, CA with a house full of boys.

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  • Not in Reidville….but not that far away…..

    I was driving to see some Reidville ladies in a nursing home and I came across this brightly colored building that did not seem to match the others in the neighborhood…..and then I saw the Buddha Statue and the monks and thought of my friend Claudia in Bhutan so I had to stop. It is…

  • more football

    In case you can’t fully read their chests…..the Nixon Nuts’ message for the week is, “real southern men.” So I was excited because I got field access to this week’s Byrnes High School football game, well it wasn’t hard I just called and asked and they said ‘sure,’ but I was excited nonetheless……but can I…

  • Belton Lane

    It took a few attempts and me having to suck up my pride and call again to make yet another appointment….but I finally got a portrait of a man, who I have come to respect and admire with all my heart, a portrait that is still not perfect, but a portrait that I can live…

  • my mom’s grocery list for me

    high pulp, with calcium, organic orange juice iams, indoor, weight control cat food whole wheat, cinnamon, low fat eggo waffles low fat aunt jemima syrup

  • Remembering 9/11

    The ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) at Byrnes high school remembered 9/11 by honoring the local fire departments with a flag ceremony and doughnuts. The Reidville Fire Department remembered 9/11 by putting up a 16ft by 12ft American flag off of the ladder on their ladder truck, well they tried to put it up…it went…

  • Jason Wilson and the Flying Pig

    Officer Jason Wilson is one of the four officers in charge of the Reidville area, but only one officer is on duty at a time. Originally from Louisiana, he has been working in this area for 6 years. His favorite place to stop for food and drinks is the Flying Pig. He likes the area…

  • Dorothy but everyone calls me Dot

    “I was a fighter when I was a little girl. I fought everyone and won too, even though I was smaller than most of them.” Dot Blackwell moved to Reidville when she was 6 years old. Reidville was lonely, she tells me, there were no kids in town. She moved away after she married the…

  • Burning Love….

    The Reidville Fire Department has been the meeting place of love for many in this small town. Jason and Meredith, both firefighters and EMT first responders, held their reception in the station Saturday Sept 8th, 2007.

  • Go Rebels…..

    Byrnes High School’s Nixon Nuts. Byrnes High School Nixon Chicks. Byrnes High School Nixon Stadium with Byrnes High School Rebel Fans. And don’t forget the Byrnes High School Rebel cheerleaders…. Combine all these ingredients with a Rebel victory and the Jones Family is going home happy. Sam’s kicks helped the Rebels beat Dr Phillip’s Panthers,…

  • Town Hall in Reidville, SC

    This is Sandra Gowan, the town clerk, and Mayor Gene Snow. And in Reidville, the fight is on and they are begrudgingly leading the fight because the fight involves the “Z” word…..zoning. Reidville as it has been known for over 200 years is on the brink of being swallowed by subdivisions. Countryside lost. People are…