Tuesday, July 15, 2008

The Redneck Games :: The Mud Pit








Traveled to East Dublin, Ga. for the annual Redneck Games to do a little personal documentary work. The games included everything from a watermelon-seed spitting contest to bobbing for pigs feet and even featured a redneck wedding, but my favorite slice of the games was the infamous mud pit. An official belly-flop competition also took place in the giant pool of Georgia red clay, but before that it was just a redneck free-for-all. Thank goodness for my wonderful rain gear because I looked about like the subjects in my photos by the end of it all.

7 comments:

max bittle said...

tell me you jumped in.....

-max

David Walter Banks said...

You know it brother - but it was more like pulled in with all my camera gear. My precious 5D made it out alive though thankfully.

Chris Detrick said...

Great stuff David. but where's the self-portrait post mud pit?

David Walter Banks said...

Oh I got it Chris, but that one's reserved for Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1072897&id=790332787

It's only chest up which was the less severe part, from chest down I was completely covered in red. ha, good times.

David Walter Banks said...

oops, and the real link
http://tinyurl.com/6f793a

Ronnie Ruiz said...

these are friggn' great! i've always wanted to travel here, maybe next year!

David Walter Banks said...

Thanks Ronnie - just had the pleasure of looking at your blog - some really great images.