A selection of current works of Southern subjects and the South Carolina Coast.

Eyes on the Edge: J Henry Fair Photographs the Carolina Coast

In the course of its 187 miles, the coast of South Carolina boasts the gamut from pristine white beaches to rusting industry, the "most desirable city" in the USA, to virtual wilderness.

It is unique in the USA for the amount of undeveloped oceanfront land, the result of its inaccessibility, history of large scale plantation agriculture, and appeal as a hunting paradise for the rich, and is in fact one of the most important factors that makes the region so desirable. And people are coming in droves, putting tremendous pressure on infrastructure, and driving tremendous conversion of wild land to residential and commercial uses.

J Henry Fair has made a career as an artist of creating beautiful pictures, focused on specific issues, with many layers of narrative behind them.

His portrait of the South Carolina Coastline to be shown at The Columbia Museum of Art in September 2016, is the inaugural exhibit of the USA Coastline project.

It will be an exhibit of gorgeous photographs ranging from postcard-perfect plantation views, to beautiful serpentine river landscapes, compelling abstractions of marshlands, and reality checks on the status of this beautiful region in the face of a changing world.

Eyes on the Edge: J Henry Fair Photographs the Carolina Coast