JA Contributing Writer
Charles A. Smith is a well-known photojournalist in Jackson and beyond. He takes photos of art and news events of the day from around the world and comments on how it affects Mississippi. His comments focus on their relationships to Mississippi’s policy and economics and comparing it to Mississippi’s historic past and present.
The Lens and The Record debuted as an online Substack. It describes what Smith’s camera sees, with commentary focused on the political and economic issues of the day and the past. The Lens and The Record contains Smith’s opinions and thoughts, with a penchant for Mississippi because as William Faulkner reportedly said, “To understand the world, one must first understand a place like Mississippi.”…