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Red and Peckerwood
Red and Peckerwood

Residents of Old Tent City homeless encampment in Nashville, Tennessee

Resident of Old Tent City in Nashville, Tn
Resident of Old Tent City in Nashville, Tn

For more than two weeks he had been working on his motorcycle, in preparation for heading west.

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Austin/Old Tent City in Nashville, Tn
Austin/Old Tent City in Nashville, Tn

e he built from scrap wood he scavenged from miles around the Old Tent City encampment. Sadly the City of Nashville demolished his house stating that it was a safety hazard. The irony is that it took the bulldozers more than an hour to bring the structure down.

Flag Bearer
Flag Bearer

Three Lakota on horseback, one bearing the American Flag, ride through Oceti Sakowin (the main camp) at the Standing Rock No DAPL Protests.

Protestors Stand Amidst The Fog
Protestors Stand Amidst The Fog

Protestors, many of them masked, stand along ND Highway 81 amidst the dense morning fog during the No DAPL Protests at Standing Rock.

March to the Ancestral Graves
March to the Ancestral Graves

Protestors, including two who are carrying a a stretched out American Flag, march to the ancestral burial grounds north of the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota during the No DAPL Protests.

Dark Fired Tobacco Firing barn
Dark Fired Tobacco Firing barn

Two workers shovel mounds of sawdust to cover the floor of the firing barn in preparation for curing the recently hung harvested tobacco leaves.

Lighting Fires in the Firing Barn
Lighting Fires in the Firing Barn

A worker lights small fires throughout the sawdust-covered floors of the dark fired tobacco firing barn. These fires will cause the sawdust to smolder, creating heat and smoke for the curing process.

Miss B B Pink
Miss B B Pink

Miss BB Pink of Wilson, North Carolina stands in her pink living room with her hands held high giving praise to God.

Junior Edwards bring in a 12 foot gator
Junior Edwards bring in a 12 foot gator
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Junior and Theresa Hoopnet Fishing in south Louisiana.
Junior and Theresa Hoopnet Fishing in south Louisiana.
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David Robert Farmerie is a photojournalist and long-form documentarian capturing the lived realities of Americans often overlooked. Since 2015, he has traveled nationwide, listening and documenting stories on digital and film to preserve them for the present and future. His work centers on dignity and belonging, offering both reflection and urgent insight into a divided society.