Anita Pouchard Serra

Visual storyteller and photojournalist

WILSON, something old, something new

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Street in Wilson

A sunday afternoon at one of the bar in Wilson downtown.

One of the first hotel in East ...merican neighborhood

One of the first hotel in East Wilson, the historical Black-American neighborhood

Cast, one of the community lead...rased from the map for decades

Cast, one of the community leader of the "Lane Street Project" which seek to clean and identify old black-american cemeteries, erased from the map for decades

Goldsboro street in downton

Cherry apartments are waiting f...r of restaurants and shopping.

Cherry apartments are waiting for their renovation and to be transformed in a hotel, one block away from the train station. Today, all the hotels are located in the suburb, close to the malls where there is more offer of restaurants and shopping.

Lane street piew of a grave of ...n roject cleaning up Wilson USA

Lane street piew of a grave of the odd fellows cemetery in East Wilson roject cleaning up Wilson USA

Maddie. She came to Wilson to study arts at the Barton College

Wilson USA

Dorothy and her cousin. They bo...hey were born and raised here.

Dorothy and her cousin. They both work at the Freeman Roundhouse museum , the museum of Black History in East Wilson. They were born and raised here.

A small flag signals that a gra... project cleaning up Wilson USA

A small flag signals that a grave is under the soil, at the Odd fellows cemetery, in East Wilson. Lane street project cleaning up Wilson USA

An old mannequin in a window of...re in downtown Wilson

An old mannequin in a window of a closed clothing store in downtown Wilson

The first headquarter of the BB...ay the building remains empty.

The first headquarter of the BB&T bank, created in Wilson in XIX century. Today the building remains empty.

Rusty Boyette, raised in Wilson

View of a grave of the odd fell... project cleaning up Wilson USA

View of a grave of the odd fellows cemetery in East Wilson , with the Lane street project cleaning up Wilson USA

George Ward, a pastor during a ... He prays with homeless people

George Ward, a pastor during a soup kitchen in East Wilson. He prays with homeless people

An abandoned house in Wilson. M...perties are in bad conditions.

An abandoned house in Wilson. Many historic properties are in bad conditions.

The first headquarter of the BB...day the building remains empty.

The first headquarter of the BB&T bank, created in Wilson in XIX century. Today the building remains empty.

Wilson USA

Will Edwards and Rusty Boyette ...riends since they are children

Will Edwards and Rusty Boyette , wilsonian and friends since they are children

Marti created " Tig&am... historical part and the city.

Marti created " Tig's" a coffee shop in downtown, seeking to bring life to the historical part and the city.

A glass of pink limonade in a restaurant in downtown

Cat comes from California. Afte...ofts on Nash Street. Wilson USA

Cat comes from California. After one year helping her father , who lives around Wilson, during the pandemic, she finally decided to move to her own appartement in downtown, betting on life in this city Cat Brewer at her new home in Nash Lofts on Nash Street. Wilson USA

East Wilson and West WIlson by ...t until raleigh road Wilson USA

East Wilson and West WIlson by Nash street until raleigh road Wilson USA

Daniel st house is part of &...lling them to new inhabitants.

Daniel st house is part of " preservation of Wilson" a project which try to save old houses, buying them, renovating one room to show how it's possible and after this selling them to new inhabitants.

Scott and Rob came fomr Minesot...one of the biggest in downtown

Scott and Rob came fomr Minesota 5 years ago and contribute to the renovation of an historical house they transformed in their shop. Some blocks away, they also bought they proper house, one of the biggest in downtown

Craige's family

Craige still live where his fam...cological production.

Craige still live where his family owns the land. Today, he focus on ecological production.

Wilson 'sunset

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Thumbnail of A sunday afternoon at one of the bar in Wilson downtown.

Thumbnail of One of the first hotel in East W_American neighborhood

Thumbnail of Cast, one of the community leade_erased from the map for decades

Thumbnail of Goldsboro street in downton

Thumbnail of WILSON, something old, something new

Thumbnail of Cherry apartments are waiting fo_er of restaurants and shopping.

Thumbnail of Lane street piew of a grave of t_on roject cleaning up Wilson USA

Thumbnail of Maddie. She came to Wilson to study arts at the Barton College

Thumbnail of Dorothy and her cousin. They bot_They were born and raised here.

Thumbnail of A small flag signals that a grav_t project cleaning up Wilson USA

Thumbnail of An old mannequin in a window of _ore in downtown Wilson

Thumbnail of The first headquarter of the BB&_day the building remains empty.

Thumbnail of Rusty Boyette, raised in Wilson

Thumbnail of View of a grave of the odd fello_t project cleaning up Wilson USA

Thumbnail of George Ward, a pastor during a s_. He prays with homeless people

Thumbnail of An abandoned house in Wilson. Ma_operties are in bad conditions.

Thumbnail of The first headquarter of the BB&_oday the building remains empty.

Thumbnail of Will Edwards and Rusty Boyette ,_friends since they are children

Thumbnail of Marti created " Tig&_e historical part and the city.

Thumbnail of A glass of pink limonade in a restaurant in downtown

Thumbnail of Cat comes from California. After_Lofts on Nash Street. Wilson USA

Thumbnail of East Wilson and West WIlson by N_et until raleigh road Wilson USA

Thumbnail of Daniel st house is part of &_elling them to new inhabitants.

Thumbnail of Scott and Rob came fomr Minesota_ one of the biggest in downtown

Thumbnail of Craige still live where his fami_ecological production.

Public Project

WILSON, something old, something new

Copyright Anita Pouchard Serra 2024

Updated May 2023

Location wilson, nc

Topics Spotlight

Summary

It is a series made at the Eyes on Main Street Photography Residency in the city of Wilson, NC,USA. February 2022.

WIlson has been a famous tobacco town, with numerous old warehouses and the life associated with this industry, before falling into a deep lethargy, watching the businesses close.It's also a city with a huge black-american community, who works to rescue its past and its history, especially in East-Wilson neighborhood.
This series seeks to work around the idea of movement through those born and raised in the city who seek to generate movement and change around them and the newcomers, who imagined that this city could be their place in the world.
It is a series made at the Eyes on Main Street Photography Residency in the city of Wilson, NC. February 2022.

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