Appalachia USA: Photographs, 1968-2009 - Hardcover

Levy, Builder

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1567925081 ISBN 13: 9781567925081

Verlag: David R. Godine Publisher Inc, 2013

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Reseña del editor:

Despite the promise of alternative energy, coal still powers most of our power plants and steel mills. The story of its extraction, and of the people who live, work, suffer, and endure in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania, has been a source of fascination bordering on obsession for the photographer Builder Levy. For four decades, he has been witness to an industry that has changed from miners working underground with picks and shovels to draglines, mechanical earth movers that can tear apart mountain summits to expose veins of coal in massive, and massively destructive, quantities. He has witnessed strikes and picket lines, desperation and rage, hope and dignity, and the predictable natural disasters (and disasters waiting to happen) that are part of the territory.Inspired by the great photographers working in the humanist tradition – Lewis Hine, Paul Strand, Walker Evans, to name a few – Builder Levy is a part of and a contributor to that continuum. Intertwining the traditions of fine art, social documentary, and street photography, Appalachia USA is an aesthetically and socially significant book that celebrates the human spirit; it is this human spirit that shines through the coal dust – in the blackened faces of miners, in mothers struggling to feed their children, and in ravaged but resilient communities. Levy's photographs and accompanying captions capture the tension, the dignity, and the enduring humanity of this troubled corner of America.

Biografía del autor:

Builder Levy's work has appeared in more than two hundred exhibitions, including over fifty one person shows. His photographs are in more than fifty public collections around the world. He has been awarded fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Puffin Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Monographs of his work include Images of Appalachian Coalfields (1989) and Builder Levy Photographer (2005), and his photographs are featured in more than twenty books. He lives in New York City with his wife, Alice Deutsch.

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• Verlag: David R. Godine Publisher Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1567925081
• ISBN 13: 9781567925081
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 128