Carol McKinney Highsmith (born Carol Louise McKinney on May 18, 1946) is an American photographer, author, and publisher who has photographed in all the states of the United States, as well as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">District of Columbia</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a>. She photographs the entire American vista (including landscapes, architecture, urban and rural life, and people in their work environments) in all fifty <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. states</a> as a record of the early 21st century.