Marty WeilAsheville-Based Freelance Journalist
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A YEAR IN ASHEVILLE
VERNACULAR PHOTOGRAPHY
“VERNACULAR PHOTOGRAPHY refers to the creation of photographs by amateur or unknown photographers who take everyday life and common things as subjects.” - Wikipedia
The images for A Year in Asheville
were shot between
September 2007 and September 2008.
They originally appeared on a blog by the same name
(http://www.a-year-in-asheville.com)
October 22, 2008:
The stricken U.S. bank Wachovia
reported the biggest quarterly loss of any
bank...with a deficit of $24 BILLION...
more than the total price being paid for the
North Carolina lender by its rival Wells Fargo.
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“Asheville is an Appalachian Shangri-La” - The New York Times, September 30, 2007
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