Taylor Clarke, 6, plays with Cheese and Crackers, two appleyard ducklings, in the bathtub of her home in Farragut, Tennessee. Along with her two sisters Emerson and Bankston and parents Lauren and Brandon, they have been raising the two ducklings after one egg was found abandoned in their backyard, and adopting a second from a nearby farm.
A pedestrian crosses Market Street in Knoxville during a morning snowfall in January 2019.
Greg Bentley poses with his newly purchased 1968 Buick Wildcat which he plans to refurbish and paint maroon at the Pilot on Western and Middlebrook in Knoxville. Bentley says he enjoys classic cars, owning a 1986 Chevrolet C-10 and a 1972 Plymouth Fury III, which is wife Annie drives. A dedicated Vol fan, Bentley also decorates his cars with Tennessee decals.
From left, Art Guzman, his son Adriel, 3, and health care provider and friend Jenny Jones say a prayer before their meal at Colonel's Cafe on Newcom Ave. in Knoxville, Tennessee on Friday, March 20, 2020. Guzman said he is taking all the necessary precautions to stay safe and healthy during the coronavirus pandemic, and that getting out of the house for a meal with his son is part of his way of coping for his mental health.
Hairstylist Ailene Combs, owner of Cloud 9 Hair & Tanning Salon, hangs Easter decorations on the front window of her business on Main Street in Jefferson City, Tennessee. On a street where storefronts are boarded up and abandoned, the salon is one of the only businesses remaining. A member of the zoning committee since 2010, Combs has been working to receive funding for the revitalization of downtown. "It will never be the same it once was," Combs says, "It didn't get into this shape overnight, and it's going to take a lot of people working together."
Children pose for a portrait while Halloween trick-or-treating in the Island Home neighborhood in Knoxville in 2020.
Cyclists ride through Lakeshore State Park in downtown Milwaukee in 2023.
Tony Woodward, of Farragut, dances with his instructor Beth Cofer at Let's Dance Ballroom Dance Studio in Maryville. Woodward, who lost his wife last year, has been taking dance lessons to stay busy, and, should he meet someone new, have the skills to dance with them, he said.
Ann Barber, with her dog Mr. Grady, and friend Liz Coburn, with her dog Hope, socially distance while taking a walk down Emoriland Blvd. in Knoxville, Tenn. on Friday, April 10, 2020.
Elkmont Fireflies are captured in this long exposure photograph in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park at the Elkmont Campground in 2019.
Fresh snow falls along a rural road in LaFollette, Tennessee in January 2024.
Jeff Banning, owner of Wood Carved Creations, uses a blowtorch to darken a bald eagle he carved atop a tree stump at a home on Washington Pike in East Knox County. Banning has been following his passion for wood carving for two years and this was his third outdoor commissioned work. The homeowner hired Banning to carve a monument to honor military veterans and the many law enforcement officers that live in the area, as well as to surprise her boyfriend who will be returning from Fort Campbell later this month.
Richard Bellah, of Knoxville, mows the lawn in front of Broadway Baptist Church in Knoxville. Bellah, who is a member of the church, has been doing landscaping for the church for eight years.
The TriStar Princesses prepare to take the stage during the preliminary round of the Miss Tennessee Scholarship Competition held at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville.
Visitors walk through the UT Gardens on a nice spring day in Knoxville, Tenn. on Saturday, April 2, 2022.
Kyriek George and his cousin Vákarus Bomar, 8, fish from the Riverside Landing boat dock in Knoxville, Tennessee on Wednesday, January 9, 2019. After weeks of unusually warm weather, the boys took advantage of the final day of warmth to catch "anything that bites."
Ruth Naessig, 7, who plays Princess Diamond in the Sonshine Bunch clown ministry group, gets help with her makeup while preparing in the "Clown Room" at Ridgeview Baptist Church in Knoxville, Tenn. on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020.
Members of the homecoming court are recognized during the Austin-East Magnet High School Homecoming Parade on Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. in Knoxville on Sept. 17, 2021.
A person walks their dog at Island Home Park on a foggy morning in Knoxville, Tenn., on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023.
A combine harvests wheat in rural Hutchinson, Kansas.
Fishing on the Tennessee River. Knoxville, Tenn.
Brinlee Kelly, 8, of Knoxville, walks through a field of daffodils with her poodle, Stella, along Pellissippi Parkway in Knoxville, Tennessee on Tuesday, February 27, 2018.
"This is my post! The 12th precinct!" proclaims Vanessa Tate, left, who, along with Bryan Hicks, was campaigning for Eddie Mannis outside Eastport Elementary School since 8am during the primary election for mayor and city council in Knoxville in 2019. Tate said she has been campaigning outside of the school for the last five or six years.
Kids hang out on their bikes at the top of a hill on Glenwood Ave. in the Fourth & Gill neighborhood in Knoxville.
A plane leaving Island Home Airport flies in front of a supermoon as it rises above Knoxville, Tennessee on Tuesday, January 2, 2018. The January supermoon, also known as the Wolf Moon, orbits some 221,559 miles from Earth.
Emily Bush takes a walk with one of her pigs on her farm in rural Athens County, Ohio. - Shot on Fujifilm Pro 400 (120)