​Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed— 
Let it be that great strong land of love 
Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme 
That any man be crushed by one above.  
(It never was America to me.)  
O, let my land be a land where Liberty 
Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath, 
But opportunity is real, and life is free, 
Equality is in the air we breathe.
 
--Langston Hughes
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Juror: Roger May is an Appalachian American photographer and writer based in Raleigh, North Carolina. He was born in the Tug River Valley, located on the West Virginia and Kentucky state line, in the heart of Hatfield and McCoy country. His photographs, essays, and interviews have been published by The New York Times, The Guardian, The Atlantic, Al Jazeera America, National Geographic, The Oxford American, Le Monde diplomatique, Photo District News, and others. In February 2014, he started the crowdsourced Looking at Appalachia project. May speaks about his work, about the visual representation of Appalachia, and photographs on commission. He blogs at Walk your camera.​

Artist Included: Andrea Bonisoli Alquati, Pascal Amoyel, Christine Armbruster, Matt Beckshaw, Sheri Lynn Behr, Derrick Burbul, Micah Cash, Allison Cekala, Chelsea Darter, Catherine Davis, Jonathan Deltour, Brett Leigh Dicks, Julie Dixon, Barry Ervin, Yoav Friedlander, Nailah Fuller, David Gardner, Alessandra Gerevini, Lindsay Godin, Riley C. Goodman, Amanda Greene, Lauren Greenwald, Brett Henrikson, Néha Hirve, Pat Jarrett, Niko J. Kallianiotis, Mariah Karson, Colin Kenniff, Jesse Koechling, Melissa Kreider, Kristina Smith, Bree Lamb, Rosie Brock, Zane Logan, Shannon Lowe, Melissa Lynn, ​David McCarty, Geo Romolo, Rhiannon Rosas, Alex Santos Murry, Dennis Savage, Joey Solomon, Zachary P. Stephens,  Dana Stirling, John Stoupenos, Jacquelyn Stuber, Bob Tankersley, James Throssel, Nicholas Widener, Tara Wray, Rachel Yoke