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Aside from being Jim's agent, Kasey has written a novel, Chris-Anthem; you can read about this and her current projects at www.KaseysBooks.com.
Who We Are
This web site presents the photography and writing of Jim Hargan, a full-time freelancer with sixteen years' experience in telling stories about places in words and pictures. Here you'll find 750 of the 24,000 images in Jim's library, organized by location. You will also find information on Jim's writing, and photo-text packages available for second rights licencing.
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This site also highlights the writing of Kasey Hargan, Jim's special project manager and an experienced novelist in her own right. Kasey's upbeat, humorous prose vividly shows ordinary people as they face life's challenges. Her latest novel is Chris-Anthem.
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What We Are
Hargan Online exists to help you find images and text that emphasize the distinctiveness and beauty of places, featuring the work of Jim Hargan. A number of regions are featured, with especially good coverage of North Carolina, the Southern Appalachians, and Great Britain.
This site presents images in two distinct sets of pages. The Portfolio offers a wide sampling of Jim Hargan's work, organized by theme and region. For more in-depth views of an area, visit the Image Library, where each of Jim's regional specialties has its own mini-site.
Second New Book Project for 2009!
21 May 2008. Countryman Press has offered Jim a contract to write The Photographer's Guide to the Great Smoky Mountains. Part of a series covering the most photogenic locations in America, this book will direct you to almost a hundred of the most scenic and visually interesting places in and around the most popular national park in the United States, The Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It, too, will be available in March 2011.
26 Jul 2010. The cover's been designed — it's in the News column on the left.
New Book Project for 2009!
24 Mar 2008. Jim has contracted with Countryman Press to write his third book for their distinguished Explorer's Guide series. This one will cover the entire state of North Carolina, from the Outer Banks to the Smokies, and will hit the stands in March 2011.
10 Jun 2010. The cover's been designed — it's in the News column on the left.
News
26 Jul 2010. Countryman has announced the cover design for North Carolina: An Explorer's Guide, of which I am the author and photographer. It should be available in March 2011.
![Front cover of North Carolina: An Explorer's Guide, 1st Ed, issued by Countryman Press in Fall 2010; all photography and text by Jim Hargan. [Ask for #990.044.]](./imgstore/990.044.200px.jpg)
10 June 2010. My next book, The Photographer's Guide to the Great Smoky Mountains is complete, and will be printed March 2011 by W.W. Norton's Countryman Press imprint. Here's the cover:
![Front cover of The Photographer's Guide to the Blue Ridge Parkway, 1st Ed, issued by Countryman Press in Fall 2010; all photography and text by Jim Hargan. [Ask for #990.043.]](./imgstore/990.043.200px.jpg)
29 April 2010. The Photographer's Guide to the Blue Ridge Parkway has been listed by BestPhotographyBooks.com as one of the 20 best photography travel guides. Check out this great reference site for photographers by clicking here.
![Cover of The Photographer's Guide to the Blue Ridge Parkway, 1st Ed, issued by Countryman Press in Spring 2010; all photography and text by Jim Hargan [Ask for #990.041.]](./imgstore/990.041.200px.jpg)
![Cover of America the Beautiful: North Carolina, 1st Ed, issued by Firefly Press in Fall 2009; all photography by Jim Hargan [Ask for #990.032.]](./imgstore/990.032.200px.jpg)
![NC: Pitt County, Farmville, Tobacco warehouses, Smith's Brighleaf Tobacco Warehouse; Interior; tobacco auction, motion blurred. NR [ref. to #230.172]](./imgstore/thumb230.172.jpg)
Photos and Stories about Places
Centreville, VA
e-mail: photos@harganonline.com
