Welcome to the Redneck Yacht Club: Photographer documents experience inside Florida area where thousands flock each year and proudly display Confederate flags
- Brooklyn-based photographer Wesley Mann traveled to the Redneck Yacht Club in Punta Gorda, Florida
- He documented the experience where thousands travel to enjoy camping and riding the mud trails in ATVs or trucks
- Mann said there are certain restrictions, but ‘very few rules’ once inside the 880 acres of space
Each year thousands of people flock to the Redneck Yacht Club in Southwest Florida to enjoy days of camping, drinking and riding the mud trails in ATVs or pick up trucks.
Brooklyn-based photographer Wesley Mann documented the experience on the 880 acres of terrain in Punta Gorda, which is also known as the Redneck Mud Park.
He explained to Feature Shoot that everyone must pay in cash before entering and that ‘there are very few rules’ inside.
Mann, who has taken a number of celebrities portraits in the past, said there are certain restrictions, such as stripper poles, chainsaws, firearms and illegal drugs, that are all prohibited.
He described the scene as ‘intimidating’ at times, but he shared that he frequently reminded himself not to pass judgement on those who were in attendance at the mud park.
The area is especially packed on patriotic summer holidays, like Memorial Day and Independence Day, with both young and older people including children.
His series of photographs show attendees relaxed and enjoying the environment, as a mixture of confederate and American flags can be spotted waiving along in the wind.
Reprinted from the Daily Mail.com.