Entry 08: Highland Shoes

Written By John Rash

Highland Games Celebration, Grandfather Mountain, NC. 7/8/06.


©2006 Rash Photo
I decided to check out the big Highland Games Celebration in the mountains of North Carolina this weekend. I spent most of my time taking in music and trying to get photos of the athletics, but happened to find myself shooting feet here and there. Not that I'm one of those feet fetish guys (but I've heard tale of one at UNCG who also has a photo blog online), but I found a few intersting shots while observing the lower section of the traditionally dressed attendees. I had a friend in college who always took cutesy feet photos, and I guess these images might fall more into that category than having a story or narrative to contribute. However I still found these to be the one outstanding set , unlike any other Highland Games images I have seen around. Enjoy.

All images and words ©2006 Rash Photo / John F Rash.

John Rash

John Rash is a filmmaker, photographer, and visual artist based in Oxford, Mississippi. John earned his M.F.A. in Documentary and Experimental Art from Duke University and B.F.A. in Art Education from UNC-Greensboro, and now works as Assistant Professor of Film Production and Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi. His documentary films and photographs often focus on topics of identity, counter-culture communities, social justice, and environment and have been shown in festivals and museums around the world. John has received multiple awards for his documentary works including the Soul of Southern Film Award from Indie Memphis Film Festival for Negro Terror, History+ Best Documentary Award from the North Carolina Museum of History for Our Movement Starts Here, and an Emmy nomination for his film about South Carolina-based photographer Sam Wang. John is also the founder of the Southern Punk Archive which aims to preserve the stories of DIY punk communities in the American South. In 2025, John was an Artist in Residence at the Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai and a resident artist at Crosstown Arts in Memphis, TN in 2022.

https://www.johnrash.com
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