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  • A Place Apart - Murray, Ky. 2009 | Mountain Workshops

    A product of Western Kentucky University's Mountain Workshops held in Murray, Ky.



  • Slide shows



  • Cash crop | Quenest Harrington

    Migrant workers on Billy Dale Smith’s farm harvest and fire-cure tobacco for salaries that they send home to ...

  • Deeper than the grain | Katie Simpson

    After years apart, Jeff and Claude Miller share a workshop where they make cutting boards of laminated wood.

  • Deeply rooted | Tanner Curtis

    Michael Bobo trains his Clydesdales for wagon racing before he drives to practice oral surgery in Murray and ...

  • Early risers | Delayna Earley

    Sisters Teresa Bast and Patty Dedmon, owners of Sammons' Bakery, spend their mornings making own baked goods.

  • Eclectic chair | Andree Kehn

    Linda Hayden, owner of the Southside Barber Shop, oversees maintenance of Murray’s myriad heads of state.

  • Everybody’s angel | Britney McIntosh

    A monarch butterfly on her son’s coffin motivated Donna Herndon to open the Angels Attic thrift store to ...

  • Far from home | John Adkisson

    Ricky Hernandez supports his family in Mexico by leading a crew of migrant workers on a tobacco farm.

  • Fitness fanatic | Travis Garner

    Gary Collin, manufacturing quality analyst for Briggs & Stratton, uses much of his free time to keep fit ...

  • High roller | Joshua Lee Kelsey

    Joe Nanny dabbles in art and runs circles around the competition with his self-proclaimed “world’s largest” roller rink.

  • Hoopster force | Earl Christie

    Science teacher Scott Sivills’ mentoring goes from the classroom to the gym where he coaches the girls’ basketball ...

  • Iron will | Tyler Jones

    Steely determination keeps master blacksmith Gene Knight moving forward after a serious heart attack.

  • Let them eat cake | Todd Powell

    Marla Thomason, owner of The Cake Lady, and her family offer customers creations with royal treatment.

  • Life goes on | Breanna Gaddie

    Al Hough, a retired professor, fights blindness and tries to stay busy to fill the void left by ...

  • Living on the job | Sarah Simonis

    Below their second-floor bedroom, Gloria and Stu Shull serve friends and patrons at Gloria’s World Village.

  • Man about town | Allie Garza

    With support from family and the community, Calloway County Clerk Ray Coursey Jr. doesn’t let disability slow him ...

  • Milk made | Jessica Ebelhar

    Calloway County’s last dairy farm is a source of family pride for Jim and Judy Stahler, who have ...

  • Mother to all | Rebecca Barnett

    With a school, a church and a large family of her own, Teresa Speed, the principal of Murray ...

  • Mr. Ed meets Dr. Adams | Brooke Grace

    Outside of the medical center, Dr. Michael Adams operates a family farm full of horses, cows, dogs and ...

  • Pets and their people | Shane Noem

    Westside Veterinary Services, Murray’s largest animal clinic, has served pets and the people who love them for more ...

  • Raining supreme | Christopher Southard

    A deluge fails to dampen the spirits at Murray High School, where the undefeated Tigers beat Crittenden County ...

  • Reeling in the dough | Cassie Brooks

    Murray State University bass angler Kalem Tippet casts his line, hoping to help his team catch a $50,000 ...

  • Rodeo drive | Neil Blake

    Ian Mathes, a member of Murray State University’s rodeo team, blazes a trail toward the life of a ...

  • Twins with a difference | Sara Naomi Lewkowicz

    William Winchester, 14, is taking a different path through life than his twin brother Joseph. William has Down’s ...



  • Videos



  • A Place Apart | Mountain Workshops

    Murray, Kentucky

  • Audible | Rhyne Piggott

    Joey Miller is studying the euphonium and hopes his newfound musical gifts will earn him a college scholarship.

  • Freedom to Forgive | Bethany Mollenkof

    On Dec. 1, 1997, high school freshman Michael Carneal opened fire in the Heath High School lobby in ...

  • Jekyll/Hyde | Jose Osorio

    Jacob Hein, 25, never dreamed of standing in the bight lights of a stage on Broadway.

  • Moist | Serena Wells

    Despite liquor critics’ fears, the town has not taken a turn for the worst since legalizing alcohol sales.

  • Revelations | Ryan Rivet

    After nearly 40 years as minister at the Glendale Road Church of Christ, John Dale is ready to ...

  • Tethered to Tradition | Eileen Blass

    Each season, Brad and Karly Lowe sow new seeds the old way.

  • The Cards You're Dealt | Colin Kelly

    Mary Ruth Saywell

  • The Insights of Angels | Liz O. Baylen

    Abby Reinhardt sees her adopted Liberian sister Joyce and brother Freeman as gifts from God.



  • Book Portfolios



  • Picture edit | Leslye Davis

  • Picture edit | Jan Diehm

  • Picture edit | Kelly Lafferty

  • Picture edit | Samantha Rainey

About

The Mountain Workshops are three concurrent programs, the Photojournalism Workshop, Picture Editing Workshop and the Multimedia Workshop. The workshops offers a hands-on learning experience in documentary-style photojournalism.

Questions

Jim Bye | Coordinator The Mountain Workshops Western Kentucky University
jim.bye[at]wku.edu
270-991-1999

Past Years

Elizabethtown, KY 2010
Murray, KY 2009
Mayfield, KY 2008
Danville, KY 2007
Madisonville, KY 2006
Lawrenceburg, KY 2005
Lebanon, KY 2004
Bardstown, KY 2003
Cave City, KY 2002

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