Arts & Culture
Garden & Gun’s Best Photos of 2022
A look back at fifty of our favorite shots from the pages of the magazine this year
Photo: Robbie Klein
Singer-songwriter Brittney Spencer, photographed in Nashville.
April/May 2022 cover, The New Southern Stars
Photo: William Abranowicz
Melissa and Jacob Brillhart’s island hideaway on Eleuthera in the Bahamas.
“Step Inside A Lush Bahamian Hideaway”
February/March 2022 cover, Tropical Dream Homes
Photo: Johnny Autry
The ultimate Southern sundae.
“Scoop the Ultimate Southern Sundae”
June/July 2022
Photo: David McClister
Musician Charley Crockett, photographed outside Taos, New Mexico.
“Charley Crockett’s Lone Star Turn”
October/November 2022
Photo: Forest Woodward
Bozann’e Rex, an English setter, trains with Mike Hester in North Carolina.
“Mike Hester’s Dogged Pursuit”
February/March 2022
photo: Erika Larsen
A cotton field across from the Mississippi family farm of the novelist Larry Brown.
“Inside Larry Brown’s Writing Shack”
February/March 2022
Photo: Stephanie Eley
Bourbon enthusiast Samara B. Davis with a few pours at the Garden & Gun Club in Atlanta.
February/March 2022
Photo: Emily Dorio
Fried chicken and sides for the road from Nashville’s Silver Sands Cafe.
“25 Outstanding Restaurants Worth the Drive”
August/September 2022
Photo: ANDREW KORNYLAK
Musician and guide Woody Platt fly fishing at Corner Rock Creek outside of Asheville, North Carolina.
June/July 2022 cover, The Perfect Southern Summer
Photo: William Abranowicz
A walkway to the beach on Eleuthera in the Bahamas.
“Step Inside A Lush Bahamian Hideaway”
February/March 2022
Photo: Kate Dearman
Basket weaver Emily Ridings relaxes next to—and in—some of her designs.
August/September 2022
Photo: TIM ROBISON
Camilla in front of her palatial chicken coop at Artifacts Greenville.
April/May 2022
Photo: Austin Hargrave
Yellowstone’s Josh Lucas surveys his domain from an L.A. hillside.
“Yellowstone’s Josh Lucas Rules the Ranch”
December 2022/January 2023
Photo: Fredrik Broden
A margarita and a Hamburguesa Tejano at Gypsy Sally’s in Leakey, Texas.
“25 Outstanding Restaurants Worth the Drive”
August/September 2022
Photo: Kelley Luikey
A pair of roseate spoonbills near Beaufort, South Carolina.
October/November 2022 cover, Saving the Wild South
Photo: Gentl & Hyers
“Rebecca Gardner Is the South’s Doyenne of Entertaining”
December 2022/January 2023
photo: Forest Woodward
Tom, an English setter, and Dan, an English pointer, head out for training with Mike Hester.
“Mike Hester’s Dogged Pursuit”
February/March 2022
Photo: William Abranowicz
Melissa and Jacob Brillhart’s Atlantic view on Eleuthera in the Bahamas.
“Step Inside A Lush Bahamian Hideaway”
February/March 2022
Photo: Brie Williams
An Orange Symphony dahlia from Sherry Hodge’s North Carolina garden.
“A Mountain Wonderland in Cashiers”
June/July 2022
Photo: JOHNNY AUTRY
Kardea Brown’s Salted Georgia Peanut Pie.
“Kardea Brown’s Lowcountry Peanut Pie”
October/November 2022
Photo: William Abranowicz
Julia Dodd cools off in the creek by her coastal Georgia home.
October/November 2022
photo: Austin Hargrave
Photo: JOHNNY AUTRY
English Breakfast Old-Fashioneds starring orange marmalade.
June/July 2022
Photo: Brie Williams
Sherry Hodge and her English cocker spaniel, Willie, with a view of Lake Glenville in Cashiers, North Carolina.
“A Mountain Wonderland in Cashiers”
June/July 2022
Photo: Emily Dorio
Fried chicken with hot-water cornbread, turnip greens, sweet potato casserole, black-eyed peas, and sauteed squash from Nashville’s Silver Sands Cafe.
August/September 2022 cover, The Southern Food Issue
Photo: Dan Winters
Jerry Fisk brings a hot blade to the anvil before pounding it into shape.
“A Legendary Bladesmith and the Story Behind His Knives”
August/September 2022
Photo: Dan Winters
Fisk with a bowie knife on the grounds of Arkansas’ James Black School of Bladesmithing and Historic Trades.
“A Legendary Bladesmith and the Story Behind His Knives”
August/September 2022
Photo: William Abranowicz
The front porch of the “Palace,” the coastal Georgia home where the writer Russell Worth Parker spent formative years.
October/November 2022
Photo: Corey Woosley
Entomologist Jaret Daniels at the Florida Museum of Natural History’s Butterfly Rainforest.
October/November 2022
Photo: Corey Woosley
A tree nymph, one of the charges of Florida entomologist Jaret Daniels.
October/November 2022
Photo: JOHNNY AUTRY
Refined glassware, including selections from Vintage 329 in New Orleans.
April/May 2022
Photo: JOHNNY AUTRY
A variety of winter squash.
“Anatomy of a Classic: Saucy Squash”
December 2022/January 2023
Photo: William Hereford
Fishing guide William Daniel and the writer Charles Gaines on England’s River Itchen.
October/November 2022
Photo: William Abranowicz
A view of the Georgia marsh.
October/November 2022
photo: Robby Klein
The on-fire singer-songwriter Brittney Spencer, photographed in Nashville.
“Brittney Spencer’s New Nashville Sound”
April/May 2022
Photo: Johnny Autry
A duck-and-brisket patty melt from Tennessee’s Mallard Estates Outfitter.
December 2022/January 2023
Photo: Gentl & Hyers
A holiday sweets room orchestrated by Rebecca Gardner.
“Rebecca Gardner Is the South’s Doyenne of Entertaining”
December 2022/January 2023
Photo: MARGARET HOUSTON DOMINICK
Honeysuckle moonlights as a grand chandelier.
June/July 2022
Photo: William Hereford
Key West fly fisherman Nathaniel Linville casts at sunrise.
“From Rock Bottom to Key West Fishing Phenom”
April/May 2022
Photo: Peter Frank Edwards
LeeAnn and Bill Cherry’s sack sausage, ready for the fry pan.
February/March 2022
Photo: JOHNNY AUTRY
An old-fashioned with Campesino rum from Birmingham’s Cayo Coco.
February/March 2022
Photo: Gately Williams
Chris Crolley at the Coastal Expeditions headquarters in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
“Chris Crolley: Apostle of Ecotourism”
October/November 2022
Photo: Lissa Gotwals
The signature macaroni au gratin at Poole’s in Raleigh, North Carolina.
“John T. Edge Soaks up Fifteen Years of Poole’s”
December 2022/January 2023
Photo: Forest Woodward
Mike Hester trains Heismen (left) and Trudy in a North Carolina quail field.
“Mike Hester’s Dogged Pursuit”
February/March 2022
Photo: Fredrik Broden
Author Richard Powers emerges from the Middle Prong of the Little River in Tennessee.
August/September 2022
Photo: Rory Doyle
From the studio of Mississippi artist and quilter Coulter Fussell.
“Stitching the Unexpected”
December 2022/January 2023
Photo: Cedric Angeles
Joe Impastato of Impastato’s Restaurant in Metairie, Louisiana.
“The Most Delicious Suburbs in America”
June/July 2022
Photo: Cedric Angeles
Quesabirria tacos from Mawí Tortillas in Metairie.
“The Most Delicious Suburbs in America”
June/July 2022
Photo: Gentl & Hyers
Rebecca Gardner serves Champagne and wine from Revere bowl coolers.
“Rebecca Gardner Is the South’s Doyenne of Entertaining”
December 2022/January 2023 cover, Holiday Cheers
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