Issue 203 explores photographs relationship with America’s Southern states, with portfolios from the likes of William Christenberry, John Cohen, Matthew Genitempo, Jacob Holdt, Stacy Kranitz, Baldwin Lee, Susan Lipper, Sheron Rupp, Maude Schuyler Clay, Alec Soth, Mark Steinmetz.

The cliches still prevail, but it is not our intention to be complicit in stereotyping. In this issue of Hotshoe: Southern we want to show the work of a few of the extremely talented photographers looking at what remains the country’s most culturally complex region.