Coal Hollow by Ken Light
Presents arresting black and white photographs and oral histories that chronicle the legacy of coalmining in southern West Virginia. This book features a complex portrait of people locked into an intricate web of geography, history, and unfettered profiteering.
"America's coal industry remains a laboratory test for 'free market' capitalism and government's efforts to control itThe people who live in it, as captured here in words and pictures by Ken and Melanie Light, are obstinate, wounded, witty, profane, and definatly human." - John Sayles, Independent Filmmaker"
Ken Light, a social documentary photographer, is Adjunct Professor and Director of the Center for Photography, Graduate School of Journalism, at the University of California, Berkeley. Among his books are Witness in Our Time: Working Lives of Documentary Photographers (2000), Texas Death Row (1997), and Delta Time (1995). Melanie Light is a writer and Executive Director of Fotovision.org.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780520246546 |
| ISBN 10 | 0520246543 |
| Title | Coal Hollow |
| Author | Ken Light |
| Series | Series In Contemporary Photography |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Year published | 2006-02-20 |
| Number of pages | 151 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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