Jerry Park

Slow Roads Tennessee: A Photographic Journey Down Timeless Byways Jerry Park

Publisher Marketing: Travel 20 - 25 miles away from the 4 urban centers of Tennessee and you ll see pretty much what you might have seen 50 or 75 years ago. Or even longer. Both the people and the scenery reflect the deep goodness and honored cus-toms that have imbued this land for generations. Slow Roads Tennessee cap-tures that essence in image and word. In order to portray the timelessness of the countryside, the artist stayed off the main roads and used a $25 plastic film cam-era with its inherent light leaks, soft focus and dark corners, similar in look to cameras from another time. Two years and almost 11,000 slow road miles in the making, Park selected a single photograph from each of the state s 95 counties. He then composed short (1 to 1 1/2 pages) stories and a couple of poems that accompany 17 of the images that seemed to have something extra to say. Warm, traditional, and reflective."

Contributor Bio:  Park, Jerry Jerry Park is a Southerner. Born and raised. His soul forever imprinted by his heritage. That means there s a story in everything he sees, and he tries to tell it in the resulting photograph. Tradition, loss, hope, tragedy, family and foolishness - all the themes we are drawn to in the best of southern literature, historical and fictional. He offers the viewer a glimpse into that lush mosaic by looking at images. He also often accompanies his photographs with written expressions - short stories, essays, poems - brought to the surface by his own contemplation of the print. Collected and exhibited around the country. Published in books, magazines, and newspapers. Contact info: jerryparkphotograph.com or jerryppark@comcast.net.