abuse, and she often credits inspiration to the works of Southern Gothic writers such as Flannery O’Connor. Photographic representation The images of Great Depression photographer Walker Evans are frequently seen to evoke the visual depiction of the Southern Gothic; Evans claimed: "I can understand why Southerners are haunted by their own landscape". Another noted Southern Gothic photographer was surrealist, Clarence John Laughlin, who photographed cemeteries, plantations, and other abandoned places throughout the American South (primarily Louisiana) for nearly 40 years. See also References External links The Southern Literary Trail website features the major fiction writers from the South during the 20th Century American literature Southern United States literature Culture of the Southern United States Gothic fiction Horror genres Speculative fiction