Distant Echoes: Black Farmers in America is a photographic exhibition that depicts the lives and working conditions of black farmers from various parts of the United States. It is currently on exhibit and will remain so until Saturday, Feb. 23 in the Squires Student Center’s Perspective Gallery on the Virginia Tech Campus.

The exhibition features the work of John Francis Ficara, an award-winning photojournalist and documentary photographer. The Distant Echoes exhibition is made of 60 photographic images taken by Ficara that are meant to capture the signs of adversity, endurance, poverty, and self-determination.

Ficara told The Washington Post, “When you looked at mainstream media, they always reported the story in tangible terms: land loss, financial loss, and profits down, farm costs up. I saw this story in humanistic terms, a way of life disappearing, and the end to traditional family farming.”

John Ficara has traveled the world as a photographer, winning several awards and honors.