Photojournalism from the 2016 Georgia National Fair

Reece Meaver, center, 20, from Griffin, Georgia, and a junior at Gordon State College gets ready to lead the Southern Exposure drill team into the ring to compete at the Georgia National Fair in Perry, Georgia, on Saturday, October 8, 2016. The the team is comprised of girls from age 12 to 20. (Photo/Joshua L. Jones)

Christine Bartley, 54, of Long Island, New York, and Joseph Follmer, 57, of Jersey City, New Jersey, embrace while a family member records the moment after Bartley proposed to Follmer at the Georgia National Fair in Perry, Georgia, on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016. Bartley and Follmer met in Ocala, Florida, where they both now reside, after Bartley’s daughter, Cassandra, set her up with Follmer, a maintenance worker that works in the building where she lives. “They went out for coffee and [have] been inseparable since,” says Cassandra. But when recollecting their first meeting, Follmer admitted, “we still haven’t had our first coffee date.” When they met up before going to get coffee, they talked for so long that they forgot to go. (Photo/Casey Sykes, www.caseysykes.com)

Brittanie Bell, 18, a sales associate from Dublin, Georgia, and Dalton Houston, 20, an artist from Dublin, Georgia, at the Georgia National Fair in Perry, Georgia, on October 8, 2016. Houston won a stuffed animal for Bell by playing a dart game at the fair. (Photo/Caroline R. Elliott, creneee@uga.edu)

Taylor Mcclellon and Emily Gattis, both age 10 and from Habersham County, Georgia, show their lambs in the Class Five competition at the Georgia National Fair in Perry, Georgia, on October 10, 2016. The two friends are typically competing against each other given their same age. (Eva Claire Schwartz, evacschwartz@gmail.com)

Chloe Rowell, 8, from Macon, Georgia, sits as she gets her face painted to look like a tiger at the Georgia National Fair in Perry, Georgia on October 8, 2016. The Georgia National Fair takes place from October 6-16 and happens once a year. (Photo/Katelyn Umholtz, kumholtz@uga.edu)

Darrick Hall a cook at Famous Gabby’s Kitchens, 38, of Clear Water, Florida, pours spices on half chickens in proportion for the days patrons at the Georgia National Fair in Perry, Georgia, on Saturday, October 8, 2016. “This is my favorite event we do of the year, it’s the people and the southern hospitality,” Hall said. (Photo/Joshua L. Jones)

Fair-goeres at the Georgia National Fair ride an amusement park ride on Saturday, October 8, 2016 in Perry, Georgia. 2016 marks the 27th year of the annual fair. (Photo/Hannah Brown, hgbrown@uga.edu)

John Brown and Jimmy Clance, from Perry, grill ribeye steaks at the Georgia National Fair in Perry, Georgia on October 8, 2016. Brown and Clance volunteer at the Veterans Foreign Wars booth at the fair. (Photo/Cory A. Cole)

Liliana Alarcon, 5, from Warner Robins, Georgia, colors on a community coloring wall at the Georgia National Fair in Perry, Georgia, Saturday, October 8, 2016. The Georgia National Fair attracts thousands of people every year for the various events. (Photo/Austin Steele, steeleau@uga.edu)

Anna, 5, granddaughter of Roy Perkins from Byron, Georgia, rides the carosel at the Georgia National Fair in Perry, Georgia, on October 8, 2016. Anna came with her grandfather to the fair today, just the two of them. (Photo/ Caroline R. Elliott, creneee@uga.edu)

Two girls call to a sheep before competing in the Children’s Mutton Bustin’ sheep riding competition at the Georgia National Fair in Perry, Georgia, on Saturday, October 8, 2016. Children can under sixty pounds can compete in the sheep riding competition. (Photo/Jenn Finch, www.jennfinch.wordpress.com)

Luke Comeau, 5, from Toccoa, engulfs with great power a mere piece of cotton candy while sitting in his grand aunt’s lap, June Stubb, 73, who resides in Perry, Georgia, at the Georgia National Fair in Perry, Georgia, on October 8, 2016. (Photo/Henry Taylor/henrytaylorphoto@gmail.com)

Autumn Hodges, 9, from Jones County, Georgia, hangs from a climbing wall at the Georiga National Fair in Perry, Georgia on Saturday, October 8, 2016. This year is the 27th year that the annual fair has been open. (Photo/Hannah Brown, hgbrown@uga.edu)

Jayden Martinez, 5, from Byron, Georgia, waits to participate in the Mutton Bustin’ event at the Georgia National Fair in Perry, Georgia, Saturday, October 8, 2016. Mutton Bustin is a competiton for kids to see who can ride the sheep for the longest amount of time. (Photo/Austin Steele, steeleau@uga.edu)

Fair-goers ride on a swing ride on Saturday, October 8, 2016 in Perry, Georgia. The Georgia National Fair attracts people from around the state and country. (Photo: Lauren Leising/lel57263@uga.edu)

Jade Dockery, 18, and Destiny Early, 19, both of Atlanta, Georgia, scream while riding Pharaoh’s Fury at the Georgia National Fair in Perry, Georgia, on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016. (Photo/Casey Sykes, www.caseysykes.com)

Nevaeh Barnette, 5, from Phenix City, Alabama, and a student at West Smith-Station Primary rids the ferris wheel at the Georgia National Fair in Perry, Georgia, on Saturday, October 8, 2016. (Photo/Joshua L. Jones)

Michael Lee, 41, and Lynn Lee, 45, from Harris County, Georgia, ride the ski lift above the Georgia National Fair on Saturday, October 8 in Perry, Georgia. (Photo/Hannah Brown, hgbrown@uga.edu)

Malachi Wheeler, 10, of Albany, Georgia, enters a fun house through a spinning tunnel at the Georgia National Fair in Perry, Georgia, on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016. (Photo/Casey Sykes, www.caseysykes.com)

Alaini Moore, 11, a student from Elko, Georgia, walks her show cow into the Junior Commercial Heifer Competition arena on Saturday, October 8, 2016, in Perry, Georgia. The Georgia National Fair offers a wide variety of livestock competitions and events. (Photo Lauren Leising/lel57263@uga.edu)