Credit Don Dudenbostel/River Gallery
Don Dudenbostel’s photographs are featured this May in the River Gallery's exhibition Defining Roots. Dudenbostel's photos document disappearing, hidden and infamous aspects of Appalachian culture. Throughout the past few decades, he has photographed snake handlers, moonshiners (particularly legendary moonshiner Popcorn Sutton), cockfighters, Ku Klux Klan members and neo-Nazis. “I try never to influence my images with personal feelings,” he says in this interview.
Dudenbostel’s work can be seen at the River Gallery in downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee, as well as his Web site and in the Vanishing Appalachia exhibit currently touring regional museums.