A spokesperson says---
“...Spanning nearly 200 years, Beneath the Surface: Mining and American Photography examines how photographers have approached the challenge of capturing the significant but often hidden processes and impacts of the extraction of minerals, coal, and fossil fuels and its associated industries. The first exhibition to exclusively examine this relationship, Beneath the Surfacefeatures 150 photographs by more than 100 artists, revealing how generations of photographers have utilized evolving technologies and distinctive visual strategies to document the industries that power and shape modern life. The works on view reflect the full breadth of the medium, spanning landscapes, portraits of workers and panoramas of affected communities, photobooks, aerial imagery, analog and digital collage, camera-less photography, historical processes, narrative and performance work, and pictures that otherwise harness photography to communicate the scope of these industries..."
CAST:
(Artists Featured): Richard Avedon, Walker Evans, Lewis Hine, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Dorothea Lange, David Maisel, Gordon Parks, Mitch Epstein, Carleton Watkins, Will Wilson, Wesaam Al-Badry, Terry Evans, Victoria Sambunaris, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Margaret Bourke-White, Marion Post Wolcott
