Joanna Knox is a photographer who currently resides in historic Alexandria VA. Her interest in photographing old, deteriorating places and objects stems from a young age.  As a child she used to walk to school each day through a country junkyard.  There was something interesting and new to explore in the junkyard each day such as the skeleton of an antique car. After living in Savannah Georgia to complete her MFA, her early influences led her to explore the back roads of Georgia. Her fascination for exploring and photographing abandoned farmhouses grew. One of Knox’s favorite things to do is to set up her 4x5 camera in a decaying room, put the dark cloth over her head and to see the light form an image with her old-fashioned camera. The aspect of photography that motivates her most is the element of new discovery and fear of the unknown that takes place with each series of photographs.  She is currently teaching photography at Rockville High School in Maryland.