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Crowds from around the region attended the annual Brunswick stew cook-off.
Credit: Justin Taylor/The Current
Justin Taylor, The Current
Photographers shoot hundreds of photos for stories, and some become favorites for the image, the community, the story or sometimes all of it. Here’s Justin Taylor’s picks from the year.
Mary Ross Waterfront Park is the site for a spirited Brunswick stew competition.
Crowds from around the region attended the annual Brunswick stew cook-off.
Judges taste and vote on the years best Brunswick stew.
An unassuming beige warehouse off old Highway 204 in Southeast Georgia became the sight of a feeding frenzy when items from the home of Alex Murdaugh were auctioned off to the public. Read story here.
A man bids on a on a piece of the Murdaugh estate.
Local news agencies from the region flocked to the Pembroke Auction House to cover the sale of the Murdaugh estate.
The Current covered several Juneteenth events up and down Georgia’s coast in 2023, from community gatherings to the opening of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Center. Story here.
A Juneteenth celebration at the 38th Street park in Savannah.
A photo of the crowd from the grand opening of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Center.
The Current’s Mary Landers reports on the battle to save the Okefenokee Swamp from mining operations that would destroy the areas precious ecosystem.
An overhead photo at the Okefenokee shows the diverse plant life and ecosystem of the swamp, resembling cultures grown in a petri dish.
A photo of mining equipment owned by the Twin Pines mining company waits to strip away the rich topsoil of the Okefenokee's diverse ecosystem.
Citing misleading crime data, city officials in Brunswick wanted to close The Well, a homeless day shelter that provides a place for people experiencing homelessness a place to do laundry, shower, and to rest from the summer heat.
A man experiencing homelessness in Brunswick uses The Well as a place to safely rest and escape the heat.
Mindy Carter takes advantage of the quietness at The Well to call loved ones and to look for a place to stay for the night.
Photographer Justin Taylor has been documenting the progress of the Hyundai Metaplant in north Bryan County.
Dump trucks sit waiting at the 3,000-acre Hyundai Metaplant site.
Bus driver shortage worsens as growing economy lures workers elsewhere.
A sign reminding drivers to check for sleeping children hangs on the fence of a school bus parking lot.
Kailey Cota looks at the sudden boom of warehouses popping up in Coastal Georgia.
A massive warehouse looms over Bloomingdale, Ga., after being built right next to one of the city’s quiet neighborhoods.
A Camden County jury acquitted Varshan Brown of his cousin’s murder, who was charged despite fatal shots from police.
Superior Court Judge Roger Lane listens to closing arguments, before dismissing the jury to deliberations in the trial of Varshan Brown on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023.
Jake Shore examines the Savannah Police Department’s reasons for upgrading their sidearms.
A Smith and Wesson M&P 9mm pistol, the gun Savannah Police Department purchased 500 of for training and on-duty use, is seen.
An in-depth look at Georgia’s shrimping industry in what is shaping up to be their toughest season yet. The Current’s Justin Taylor spent a full day with the crew of the Big Cobb out of Darien to show us what shrimping looks like in Coastal Georgia. As foreign farm-raised shrimp floods the consumer market, it threatens local careers and culture.
Frozen shrimp are unloaded at the Lazaretto Packing Company on Tybee Island. Bags of frozen shrimp are then placed on pallets, weighed, and loaded on a truck to be shipped to a packaging facility.
In the early morning light, deckhand Aron Drake assists in preparing the nets for a day of shrimping.
As day breaks, captain Wynn Gale of Darien, Ga., steers his boat to the shrimping grounds off of Georgia’s coast.
This story comes to GPB through a reporting partnership with Georgia Recorder.