BUILDER LEVY:
Appalachia USA
Above:
Morning Shift,
Wolf Creek Colliery,
Martin County, KY, 1971.
Opposite:
Toby Moore,
Old House Branch Mine,
Eastern Coal Company,
Pike Count, KY, 1970.
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laborers and their families, the
brutal work of mining, and the
struggle for better conditions
and wages. The series is an
intense artistic exploration of a
significant yet little understood,
and often overlooked, region of
the United States. Featuring 50
black and white photographs
taken by Levy over a 40-year
period, the exhibition showcases the artist’s in-depth exploration into the heart of Ameri-
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ca’s coal mining country from
1968–2009. Appalachia USA
was organized by Christopher
Jones, assistant curator of exhibitions BF