vintage Mississippi

A couple of weeks ago at a yard sale I bought a stack of old photographs from a graduating college student who was raising money for a cross-country trip to Portland. I'm guessing from the facial hair that most are from the 60s and 70s, and the landscapes in the outdoor shots certainly look like Mississippi. The student I bought them from didn't know much about the photographer -- only that he once lived in a small house on a plantation near Vicksburg, was a bit of a hermit, and that there was some connection to the Mississippi mafia. I'm going to do some digging around to see if I can find out anything else. He obviously knew what he was doing, both with the camera and in the darkroom. Here are a few of my favorites: