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The Walker Percy Project

Photograph Gallery

A Gallery of Photographs Portraying Walker Percy's Life & Work

A public figure but a private person, Walker Percy didn't often pose for photographs. Select a category to browse the Project's online photograph gallery.

  • Image of Walker Percy

    Portraits

    Includes photographs of Percy by himself, with books, on the porch, close-ups, with others, and more.

  • Image of Walker Percy Book

    Books

    Includes images of Percy book jackets to the first editions, monographs, foreign books, and special items.

  • Image of Walker Percy Home

    Places

    Includes photographs of the Percy house, study, grounds, The Kumquat, Maple Street Book Shop, and more.

On A Theory of Characters

"You would like for your characters to get out of the fix they are in and achieve some kind of happiness. The best way to do it, the easiest way to do it, is to fall in love. A man falls in love with a woman or vice versa. If both happen at the same time, that's pretty good..."
— Walker Percy

All photographs in the Photograph Gallery are protected under the Copyright Policies of the Project.

Thank you for visiting The Project's Exhibits

We hope these educational and entertaining exhibits will help to keep Walker Percy's works and thought alive in the public awareness.