'A Night With The Neugents:' An Artistic Rendering Of A North Carolina Tobacco Farm

Summary: ​In the late 1980s and early 90s, North Carolina photographer David Spear spent several years documenting the lives of his neighbors, the Neugents. The family owned a tobacco farm in Rockingham County, and his photos depicted their attempts to keep their tobacco farm alive at a time when many others were dying. He described the Neugents as "fabulous people" who "raise hell, and they don't try to hide it." Spear published his collection of photographs in the book "The Neugents: Close to Home" in