T-Shirts; Pulaski County, Ky Archival digital print • 28" x 32"

Shoes; Barren County, Ky Archival digital print • 28" x 32"

Clothesline; Casey County, Ky Archival digital print • 28" x 32"

Sheets with Shadows; Laurel County, Ky Archival digital print • 28" x 32"

Billowing Sheets; Lincoln County, Ky Archival digital print • 28" x 32"	Black Clothes; Casey County, Ky Archival digital print • 28" x 32"
Dollhouse; Evona, Ky Archival digital print • 28" x 32"	Clothespin Bag; Lincoln County, Ky Archival digital print • 28" x 32"

Window View of Clouds; Madison County, Ky Archival digital print • 28" x 32"

Two Women; Hart County, Ky Archival digital print • 28" x 32"

Statues with Car; Hart County, Ky Archival digital print • 28" x 32"

Girl with Basket; Hart County, Ky Archival digital print • 28" x 32"

Girl on Bench; Hart County, Ky Archival digital print • 28" x 32"

Staues in Field; Hart County, Ky Archival digital print • 28" x 32"

Statues with Jesus; Hart County, Ky Archival digital print • 28" x 32"

Statues; Hart County, Ky Archival digital print • 28" x 32"

Garden Chair; Madison County, Ky Archival digital print • 28" x 32"

Green Chair; Pea ridge, Ky Archival digital print • 28" x 32"	Wind chimes; between Jumbo & Miracle, Ky Archival digital print • 28" x 32"
Birdhouse Tree; Rockcastle County, Ky Archival digital print • 32" x 28"	Refrigerator; Evona, Ky Archival digital print • 32" x 28"
Chairs, Car & Boat; Madison County, Ky Archival digital print • 28" x 32"	Front Porch Archival digital print • 28" x 32"

Swans & Chickens; Evona, Ky Archival digital print • 28" x 32"

Raspberries; Lincoln County, Ky Archival digital print • 28" x 32"

Horse Topiary; Winchester, Ky Archival digital print • 28" x 32"

Topiary Yard; Winchester, Ky Archival digital print • 28" x 32"

Rabbits; Estill County, Ky Archival digital print • 28" x 32"

Rags Archival digital print • 32" x 28"

Statues with Van; Hart County, Ky Archival digital print • 28" x 32"

Horse and Cow; Hart County, Ky Archival digital print • 28" x 32"

Horse and Cart; Hart County, Ky Archival digital print • 28" x 32"

Statues by Trailer; Hart County, Ky Archival digital print • 28" x 32"

Swing Set; Boyle County, Ky Archival digital print • 28" x 32"

New White Undies; Madison County, Ky Archival digital print • 28" x 32"

Fountain; Pea Ridge, Ky Archival digital print • 28" x 32"

Pants and Socks; Lincoln County, Ky Archival digital print • 28" x 32"

Bird Bath; Pea Ridge, Ky Archival digital print • 32" x 28"

About the Artist

Mary Tortorici, an Associate Professor of Art and Head of Photography at Eastern Kentucky University, has been a photographer for more than 30 years. Her color photographs chronicle unusual yards and scenes she discovers while traveling the back roads of Kentucky. She received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Yale University School of Art and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Massachusetts College of Art. She has received numerous awards and grants for her photographs, including a Ford Foundation Grant and a Film in the Cities/ McKnight Fellowship. In 2004, she was a recipient of the prestigious Kentucky Arts Council Al Smith Fellowship Award.

Artist's Statement

I set out to find some redeeming value in the mundane of vernacular American culture and to include in my photographs its symbols and iconography. I continually redefine a place in the world that strives to unite incongruent aspects of our culture and the natural world. The landscape and our visibility in it are constant reminders of our values and how we wish to make ourselves be known; what we are willing to build, buy, discard, neglect or preserve. The objects and activities of people and nature are left as a measure of these hidden driving forces.