Evan Simko-Bednarski is a photographer and journalist from New Jersey. His personal work focuses on aftermath and recovery, the regrowth of cities and towns after catastrophes. He is currently based in New York City. His work can be seen on his website or on Instagram @simko_bednarski.
In Fair Bluff Evan Simko-Bednarski explores a North Carolina town “in danger of simply fading away,” struggling to recover from the damage caused by Hurricane Matthew in 2016. The flood and its destruction come after the one-two punch of the tobacco and textile industries crumbling in the 1990s. As one resident put it, “The town was dying. The hurricane just sped us up by ten or fifteen years.”