Art teacher Doug Davis always knew Wilmington residents had grit, especially after they rebounded from devastating job losses in 2009 when DHL pulled out of the city's Air Park.
He's now putting it into pictures based on a global art project called Inside Out. It features huge posters of residents on the side of buildings.
Davis reflects on the hard times. "We did kind of get a big punch and we lost a lot but people that make up Wilmington never left and we stayed here and we pulled together and we helped each other out."
He wants to commemorate them and asked people to nominate farmers, doctors, students, World War II vets and more. A professional photographer has taken their pictures and each person wrote a narrative. The huge photos will be pasted to buildings beginning October 15.
The poster-sized black and white photos will soon be seen on the Buckley Brothers silos, the Murphy Theater and more.
