daily photographer

Susan Raab (photographer extraordinaire) has produced some insanely beautiful - yet more intriguing - raw and simplistic photos. A photographer whose works I wouldn't hesitate to plaster my walls with; an artist to definitely keep an eye on.

Below I've showcased some of her "Sense of Place" exhibition photos that are documentary portraits meant to illustrate the inside life not seen by the average outsider.

The ones I chose below capture the inner-workings of great southern writers William Faulkner and Eudora Welty. When you see the crafty way they integrate the written words into their homes you'll understand how they became known as some of the greatest writers to date. 

Raab's entire collection (if your obsession doesn't lie in books and vintage typewriters as mine does) can be found here.

My two favorite pieces of hers come from one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. William Faulkner's reputation holds precedent from his novels, novellas and short stories, yet there is something to say about his poems and occasional screenwrite.

The description of the photo below that Raab captioned herself:

This is the phone that William Faulkner was summoned to while working in the fields, to learn the news that he had won the Nobel Prize for Literature. The writing above the phone is Faulkner's informal address book, preserved in his own handwriting.

(the man wrote his phone numbers on the wall above his phone; how in-your-face logical is that?)

Raab: This is the desk where William Faulkner typed out his Nobel prize winning novels, complete with a tin of his pipe tobacco, My Mixture, at his side, and his golf clubs stowed in the corner.

(A vintage typewriter that I would KILL for. What a fantastic writing space. No wonder he produced such fine works.)

The next photo is another personal favorite solely because she has what I would consider a library worth drooling over. It is now my personal goal to have so many books that they overflow onto my couch one day ... people can sit on the floor.

Eudora Welty was another inspirational American author and photographer. Award-winning nonetheless. 

Raab: This photograph was taken on a March afternoon in the library/living room of Southern Writer Eudora Welty's home, which she lived in until her death.

Prints of Raab's photographs can be purchased on her website listed above, or at her Etsy page: Susan Etsy Fine Art Photographs.