With his series Nearly West, Austin-based photographer Walker Pickering portrays Texas and the Southern United States in a way that evokes a time long past. Pickering, who is based in Austin, was “raised in the oil fields of West Texas and the swamps of far East Texas.” As a child, he and his family took summertime trips to Mississippi and Alabama for family reunions. Says Pickering, “When you get down to it, I’m really just trying to evoke memories from my own childhood.”
© Walker Pickering