West Virginia
Hiss story: The last snake-handling church in West Virginia – in pictures
Untitled #33, 2018
Ralph W Hood Jr: ‘The pictures concentrate on Chris Wolford and his church. A significant theme within the e book is that of abandonment. There are great footage of deserted buildings, houses, and an deserted coal loader. In West Virginia, coal is king. Company America takes the wealth derived from coal mining, ravishes the land, and abandons what’s not wanted – together with those that danger their lives underground’