More significantly a writer than a photographer, Eudora Welty is one of two individuals ( the other being Wright Morris) who's work may be found in both 'author' and 'photographer' categories. Interestingly, the were both regionalists in either medium.
Morris wrote and photographed (for the most part) about his native Midwest, while Welty's work primarily concerns the South. KB

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