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Joel Anderson

Documentary and fine art photographer
   
Hard Coal: the Portraits
Location: Lykens, Pennsylvania
Nationality: United States
Biography: I grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania and later lived in California and New Mexico where I worked as an aerospace engineer. I eventually returned to rural Pennsylvania where I am working on documentary projects involving the changes in rural life... MORE
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Hard Coal: the Portraits
Copyright Joel Anderson 2024
Date of Work Oct 2010 - Ongoing
Updated Jun 2020
Location Pennsylvania
Topics Black and White, coal, Documentary, Photography, Portraiture
Anthracite is mined largely by hand using the same 19th century techniques as generations before. The coal seams are narrow and steep which prevents use of large equipment. Unlike the large bituminous mines which have hundreds of people working below the anthracite mines have only a handful. 
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