This year’s amazing images speak most eloquently to the timelessness and the challenges of the contemporary rural American South. Now in our 17th year, we are treated to a crop of 76 photographs selected by our esteemed 2019 jurors, Alyssa Coppelman and Gordon Stettinius. The 52 photographers have ably achieved the mission of SlowExposures: To slow down, to consider the character and the challenges to this region, and to be a part of the dialogue, the discovery, and the future of the rural South—through the art of photography. We thank the artists for sharing their work with us.