100 Days in Appalachia

Portraits of Sara Berzingi for Dana Coester's Hello World, and part of the Muslim in Appalachia portraits. Shot at Cooper's Rock State Forest, WV on Wed. Jan. 11, 2017

Leo "Bud" Welch, 84, in Bruce, Mississippi. He plays a style of the Blues called "Hill Country" Blues. A Gospel performer all his life, he released his first Blues album only recently.

Roland Shambaugh, 82, drives a truck for Berkeley Springs water.

Moes Greenberg, 43, of Martinburg, WV sported a Trump jersy. Scenes from the Inauguration of Donald Trump as President of the United States of America, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017 Photography Copyright 2017 Nancy Andrews 313-399-6462, nancy@nancyandrews.com

Alexandra Griffith, 16 - 10th grade

Garrett Grose, 17 - 12th grade

Pete Shumiloff, 34, and Alisha Dalton, 27, they still share their kisses, fries and Bud Light at the Mason Jar in Morgantown, W. Va.. Neither planned to boycott the beer.

Gavin Brown, age 12, sings during the MLK service at Lewisburg United Methodist Church. Scenes from the MLK parade in Lewisburg, WV on Jan. 17, 2017. Photography Copyright 2017 Nancy Andrews 313-399-6462, nancy@nancyandrews.com

Jimmy Pan, 27, a student at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine was studying at The Wild Bean coffeeshop in Lewisburg, WV on Jan. 17, 2017. Photography Copyright 2017 Nancy Andrews 313-399-6462, nancy@nancyandrews.com

Abby Chapple, was a judge in the early rounds of the Berkeley Springs Water Tasting competition, "If your water is good, then you don’t care. And so what you have to do is develop empathy and understand people who don’t have what you have – who are not as fortunate. To be in Berkeley Springs, and have our water — we’re really lucky."

Orus Ashby Berkley of Talcott, West Virginia is descended from early settlers to Monroe County, West Virginia. He's fighting the pipeline.

EMBARGOED until March 19, 2017 -- Jeffery L. Bean ( yes spelled JeffERy) will be "displaced" from work by March 17. He's worked at the Batesville Casket Company for 26 years. He and other long-time workers initial every wooden casket they make.

Saira and Faheem Khan have run the gas station in Como, Mississippi for 20 years. Faheem Khan is running for town alderman in this May's election. He's running as a Democrat. He voted for Trump.

Paige Davis, 18, a student at Berea College in Berea, Kentucky. Davis' labot assignment is broomcraft, essentially making brooms for sale by the school. All students at Berea are guaranteed a tuition-free education, but all students must work.

Aimee Anderson, 23, works as bartender at the Kanawha Lounge in Buckhannon, W. Va. The television at the bar is always on Fox News and as a Bernie Sanders supporter Anderson described the election season as tense. “I could say the sky was blue but the clouds were gray,” she said, trying to explain her discussions with Donald Trump supporters. “ ‘No, they’re always white.’ They can never, ever be gray. There is no gray area in the politics of this bar. There’s none. No gray.”

Jimmy Palmer, 32, works in the gas industry and voted for Trump. We talked to Palmer at the Kanawha Lounge in Buckhannon, Upshur County, W. Va. Photo by Nancy Andrews

Sylvester Edwards, farmer, McDowell County, West Virginia

Maury Johnson, a Monroe County, West Virginia is fighting the Mountain Valley Pipeline. The pipeline route cuts thorugh his farm, and this tree, one of Johnson's favorites, is set to be cut down to make way for a temporary access road.

Georgina Haverty is fighting to stop a gas pipeline, ( 42 inches in diameter, which nearly the size of a roll of hay). Haverty runs a farming, orchard and wedding venue on her family farm, Doe Creek Farm in Giles County, Virginia. The proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline would cut through her farm and farmyard.

Dana Olson - Near the proposed site of the Mountain Valley Pipeline crossing on Peters Mountain, Monroe County, West Virginia on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017 With Dana Olson and Eddie Thomas. By Nancy Andrews

Judy and Warren Ellison both in their 90s are worried about the pipeline's affect on their spring water. Their farm has been in the family for generations. At 92, Warren Ellison said he was hoped we wouldn't be around to see it.