About the Artist

William Major hails from the mountains of northeast Tennessee. Major attended the small liberal arts school, Milligan College, and graduated in 2015 with a bachelor of arts in photography and humanities. He also received his master of fine arts degree from the University of Georgia in 2019. Major has shown his work across the southeastern United States as well as exhibiting in New York City, London, and Amsterdam. He is part of the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University. While at the University of Georgia, he attained the Outstanding Teaching Assistant award. Major is primarily a documentary photographer that explores the idiosyncrasies of southern culture and fringe groups. He is also interested in Christian iconography and storytelling within the Appalachian region. Major also experiments with the mediums of video and sound.

You can contact him at williamrmajorphotographs@gmail.com