Impressions of West Virginia

The idea to do a small photographic documentary on the Elkins, Glady and Bemis areas came up during a recent vacation in West Virginia. It was a first for me in this form. At the end I realized that the lifestyle and people there were not that different from those of Chicago Metro, or other places for that matter, at all. It was just that the demands and dynamics of life were slightly different…

Impressions of West Virginia from Marian Kraus on Vimeo.

A multi dimensional excursion through the Elkins, Glady and Bemis areas of West Virginia, as seen in August of 2010.

Thank you to those who willingly agreed to be photographed by a stranger with a big photo camera and a mid Atlantic accent …and thank you also for sharing your stories with us.