Cornered Size:8.5x11

Cornered Size:8.5x11

We ended up talking for a while and I discovered a few things about Mr

While hanging out at the Pettway lounge (the only business of any kind in Gee's Bend) I struck up a conversation with a man who actually grew up in this particular house and gave me the history of the 12 foot room

there is something very calming about it for me

after seeing Jerry here standing there at the stop sign I pulled over to ask for some direction

I went up and introduced my self and he replied ROBERT HENRY CLAY

second and most striking to me is that he has lived most of his life living within a 10 mile radius of this stop sign

After figuring out that I was not heading his direction I asked if I could take his photography and we parted ways

in one of the remaining Roosevelt Project houses from the 1930's

They wanted something they could show their mothers

When the houses were first built for the descendants of the Gee's Bend slaves the government figure out that the tiny houses were too small for the large families that occupied them

but out of respect I changed it

This image had a completely different name