From this work , she developed a subspecialty that she calls " Disappearing America . " " After interviewing Highsmith as she was photographing the Torrey Pines Golf Course in 2013 , '' San Diego Union-Tribune '' reporter John Wilkens wrote : " She ... has a passion for things that are disappearing , which made the tree the golf course is named after an appealing focal point . The Torrey is the rarest pine in the U.S. " " I work every day with a heartfelt commitment to document the living history and built environment of our times , " Highsmith told officials of the This is America ! Foundation , which is raising funds to send her on yet another 50-state photographic exploration . " I consider my work an indestructible record of our vast nation , including sites that are fast fading , even disappearing , in the wake of growth , development , and decay . " According to C. Ford Peatross , director of the Center for Architecture at the Library of Congress , " The donation of Carol Highsmith 's photography is one of the greatest acts of generosity in the history of the Library of Congress . " In 2013 , Peatross told the '' San Diego Union-Tribune '' newspaper , " She is not only taking photographs but creating a permanent record of the country and its people for the common good . " On April 28 , 2013 , the CBS television news magazine " CBS This Morning " featured Highsmith 's work in a lengthy segment titled , " Saving America for Posterity at the Library of Congress " . CBS Correspondent Martha Teichner told in her report : " Highsmith is at work on a decades-long project photographing all 50 states and the District of Columbia . Her pictures , thousands of them , are going to the Library of Congress and are being made available free for anyone to use . " The CBS Sunday Morning report continued , " Highsmith 's images also capture a disappearing America . Two weeks after she photographed Big Tex , the mascot of the Texas State Fair , he burned down . Her photograph of the New York skyline , just before 9/11 , is also in the Library of Congress . " CBS included more than 30 of Carol 's images in the online version of its report
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