Roger May (b. 1975) is an Appalachian American photographer and writer based in Charleston, West Virginia. He was born in the Tug River Valley, located on the West Virginia and Kentucky state line, in the heart of Hatfield and McCoy country. His photographs, essays, and interviews have been published by theNew York Times, the Guardian, the Atlantic, Al Jazeera America, National Geographic, The Intercept, Southern Cultures, Huffington Post, Quartz, theOxford American, Le Monde diplomatique, and others. In February 2014, he started the crowdsourced Looking at Appalachia project. May speaks about his work, about the visual representation of Appalachia, and photographs on commission. 

“Don’t forget to take your camera for a walk.” – Jim Merithew