Fall 2021 Showcase Cobb

Jessica Cobb

Charleston, Mississippi

This photo series is centered around Charleston, a small town in North Mississippi, which fashions itself as the “Gateway to the Delta”.  Despite being born and raised in North Mississippi, I have never experienced Charleston until this project.  This sequence highlights the contrast between being one of the most poverty-stricken counties in Mississippi and the community’s desire for improvement.

Jessica Cobb is a native of North Mississippi.  I am a new mom and first-generation college student, and I am currently a senior at the University of Mississippi pursuing a degree in Legal Studies with a minor in Southern Studies.  Taking the course “Photographing Place in the American South” and seeing the towns that I have grown up around through a photo lens has given me a new perspective of my community and the surrounding communities.