Rejoice is a celebration of where I am from, where I live. I currently live in rural Georgia. I am drawn to colors, different ways people are creative, how people decorate and celebrate, produce stands, handprinted signs, grocery stores, plastic flowers, moments of beauty. I like finding creative marks left by people in different settings. These images are mostly taken in my home state of Georgia, many of them in the county where I live. There are some images from other states as well, including North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Louisiana. Rejoice is a way to celebrate place. There is a song I like by Devendra Banhart called “This is the Way” and it ends with these words, “we’ve known we’ve known we’ve had a choice. We chose rejoice.”