“Researcher who discovered the country’s most inbred family says they’ve been dishonest with him from the start.”
In 2004, photographer and filmmaker Mark Laita made a discovery that would eventually make him known around the world.
While traveling through the rural hills of West Virginia, he came across the Whittaker family, a group of relatives living in extreme poverty and isolation outside a small town called Odd.
What began as a photo project would later turn into one of the most widely discussed and controversial documentaries ever published…
In 2004, photographer and filmmaker Mark Laita made a discovery that would eventually make him known around the world.
While traveling through the rural hills of West Virginia, he came across the Whittaker family, a group of relatives living in extreme poverty and isolation outside a small town called Odd.
What began as a photo project would later turn into one of the most widely discussed and controversial documentaries ever published…
