Hikers visit Dry Falls in Franklin County.

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In the mid-’90s, the black-and-white pages of the magazine burst into color, gradually devoting more real estate to the visual storytelling that becomes a hallmark of Our State. An eight-page

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In the mid-’90s, the black-and-white pages of the magazine burst into color, gradually devoting more real estate to the visual storytelling that becomes a hallmark of Our State. An eight-page

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In the mid-’90s, the black-and-white pages of the magazine burst into color, gradually devoting more real estate to the visual storytelling that becomes a hallmark of Our State. An eight-page “photographic essay” on wildflowers provides an early blueprint for the lush 20-page photo essays eventually featured in every issue. Why the change? As then-editor Scott

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In the mid-’90s, the black-and-white pages of the magazine burst into color, gradually devoting more real estate to the visual storytelling that becomes a hallmark of Our State. An eight-page “photographic essay” on wildflowers provides an early blueprint for the lush 20-page photo essays eventually featured in every issue. Why the change? As then-editor Scott Smith puts it in October 1996, it’s all about bringing our passion for North Carolina to the page. “No longer is it going to be done largely through words,” he writes. “The pictures will provide an equal partner.”