bud, russell creek road 
retired rice field, donnelly wildlife management area 
cam & hayden, roadside, wiggins road 
jimmy mac, prices bridge road 
alligator alley, oregon road 
anthony, north edisto river 
sacred space, muckenfus road 
buddy baily, maybank highway 
thelma on valentine's day, antioch baptist church, highway 64 
allen a.m.e. church, botany bay road 
418, ivenia brown road 
first snow in twenty years, rosa scott road 
l. jay's barber shop and convenience store, highway 174 
birthday gift, highway 174 
betty, oregon road 
the word, ivenia brown road 
canal in fog, near highway 17 
edisto in the rain, north edisto river 
a.b.a.t.e. biker rally, red oak road 
splash, state road s-15-161 
tom & tommy, prices bridge road 
confederate breastworks, broxton bridge road 
snuffy in salkehatchie swamp, broxton bridge road 
snuffy's house, broxton bridge road 
rob & ricky, near martins landing 
carew rice painting, back of old drive-in screen, highway 63 
hangin tree, jackass road 
kamp river rats, trout lane 
charleston single, maybank highway 
joe ben, rehoboth road 
camels & coke, sea island yacht club road 
condemned, ashepoo river 
landscaping, parkers ferry road 
marietta & jim, wimbee creek road 
wimpy, black water bait & tackle, jellico's landing 
river life, north edisto 
veterans & rookies, grain bin road 
rouse, bennetts point road Change is descending upon an otherwise quiet, unhurried, unobtrusive, place. The main highway, U.S Route 17, that bisects South Carolina's "lowcountry," north to south, is being widened to accommodate commerce, tourists, and urban refugees. Not only are many homes, some historic, disappearing before the tracked blades of expansion, but also the new, faster thoroughfare encourages greater disregard and obliviousness to the charm and culture the basin harbors.
This collection of images and thoughts is a tribute to, and an acknowledgment of, the respect the modest souls of this region, obscure from the mainstream, deserve for their tenacity, good humor, social commitment, and acceptance of the ebb and flow of the often incomprehensible vagaries of existence.
A photographic adventure became an artistic journey and culminated in a unique awakening to an otherwise overlooked cultural phenomenon. While the road ends in water, it began there as well.
Eliot Dudik is a fine art photographer working in a large format documentary style. His first monograph, ROAD ENDS IN WATER, was published in 2010. Eliot graduated cum laude from the College of Charleston in 2007, receiving a Bachelors of Science in Anthropology and a Bachelors of Art in Art History. He received his Masters of Fine Art in photography with honors at the Savannah College of Art and Design 2010.
Eliot's photography explores the southern coast of rural South Carolina, engaging primarily in landscape and environmental portraiture. The series, ROAD ENDS IN WATER, celebrates the culture and landscape of rural South Carolina, specifically between Savannah and Charleston.
This photography book is a 96 page, full color, perfect-bound monograph, published in 2010 by SAGA Publishing and printed by Oddi Printing in Iceland.
This first printing is an edition of 1000 books, each individually numbered and signed. The book includes a foreword by the artist, an essay by E. Moore Quinn, Ph.D., and poetry by Brianna Stello, Roger Dudik, and Jerri Chaplin.
It is available for purchase through Paypal for $30 plus an additional $5 for shipping.
