CHIP LITHERLAND PHOTOGRAPHY

editorial essay: redneck games

The "Redneck Grandma," as she is known, performs a belly flop in the main event of the 2007 Summer Redneck Games in East Dublin, Georgia. The games were started in reaction to the summer Olympics in Atlanta, and feature wildly popular events like bobbing for pig's feet, the armpit serenade, and the mudpit bellyflop.
   
Ben Jones of Macon, Ga., buries his head into a bucket while bobbing for pig's feet during the 2007 Summer Redneck Games in East Dublin, Georgia.
   
Couples make out in the Oconee River during the 2007 Summer Redneck Games in East Dublin, Georgia.
     
  
A woman sports a Confederate Flag bikini while watching the mudpit bellyflop competition during the 2007 Summer Redneck Games in East Dublin, Georgia.
   
Drew Beard of East Dublin, Ga., screams as he emerges from the thick red mud the 2007 Summer Redneck Games in East Dublin, Georgia.
   
People leap into the Oconee River during the 2007 Summer Redneck Games in East Dublin, Georgia.
     
  
A muddy handprint streaks on a poster during the 2007 Summer Redneck Games in East Dublin, Georgia.
   
Children head home on the "Redneck Limousine" tractor the 2007 Summer Redneck Games in East Dublin, Gergia.
   
Mud-covered rednecks pose for a snapshot before getting cleaned off at the 2007 Summer Redneck Games in East Dublin, Georgia.
     
  
Donna Courson, left, and Edi Heath sing into a pig's foot after bobbing for pig's feet during the 2007 Summer Redneck Games in East Dublin, Georgia.
   
A couple makes out and saves a beer in the Oconee River during the 2007 Summer Redneck Games in East Dublin, Georgia.
   
Tasha Abbot passes out in the field after the 2007 Summer Redneck Games in East Dublin, Georgia.