Marty WeilAsheville-Based Freelance Journalist

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A YEAR IN ASHEVILLE

VERNACULAR PHOTOGRAPHY

“VERNACULAR PHOTOGRAPHY refers to the creation of photographs by amateur or unknown photographers who take everyday life and common things as subjects.” - Wikipedia

The images for A Year in Asheville

were shot between

September 2007 and September 2008.

They originally appeared on a blog by the same name

(http://www.a-year-in-asheville.com)

October 22, 2008:

The stricken U.S. bank Wachovia

reported the biggest quarterly loss of any

bank...with a deficit of $24 BILLION...

more than the total price being paid for the

North Carolina lender by its rival Wells Fargo.

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Asheville’s Year of Bliss

“Asheville is an Appalachian Shangri-La” - The New York Times, September 30, 2007

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