Nov 6, 2006 (Day to Day) — Photographer Dave Anderson was drawn to Vidor, Texas, because of its history as a "Klan town." But he found something else in Vidor. His new book, Rough Beauty, documents a form of American poverty that has essentially remained unchanged for decades.
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The 'Rough Beauty' of a Poor Texas Town
Nov 6, 2006 (Day to Day) — Photographer Dave Anderson was drawn to Vidor, Texas, because of its history as a "Klan town." But he found something else in Vidor. His new book, Rough Beauty, documents a form of American poverty that has essentially remained unchanged for decades.
Vidor, Texas, has a reputation as a "Klan town," and that's what drew photographer Dave Anderson. He had heard of the local resistance to federal attempts in the 1990s to integrate a public-housing development. Members of the Ku Klux Klan staged marches and protests to keep Vidor white. They drove out black residents. Today, nearly all of the town's 11,440 residents are white.
But Anderson found something else in Vidor: a form of American poverty that has essentially remained unchanged for decades.
The title of Anderson's book, Rough Beauty, describes the images he captured of life in Vidor. He speaks with Madeleine Brand about his photos and the people who live in the Texas town.
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