тАШFelling & PiningтАЩ┬аdepicts life, death, faith, and doubt in the poorest and most pious parts of the United States. With 430 original color images, John Howard looks back to 19th┬аand 20th┬аcentury southern communities, examines present-day legacies, and тАЬpines forwardтАЭтАФnot toward a heavenly afterlife but a near future rife with progressive possibility. The photobook contrasts natureтАЩs beauty with bleak histories of Native American expulsion, African American slavery, pernicious labor exploitation, and persistent environmental degradation, insisting that we can and must do better. Punctuated with warm portraits of the Deep SouthтАЩs diverse peoples, it honors their forebears and holds out hope for their heirs.┬атАШFelling & PiningтАЩ┬аis an unusual and impassioned visual plea for social and economic justice.