Tales of Work
“Tales of Work” started without me knowing it in the summer of 1974. It is open to anyone who is working, wants to work, or has ever worked.
“Tales of Work” started without me knowing it in the summer of 1974. It is open to anyone who is working, wants to work, or has ever worked.
I’ve always loved the interplay between words and photos. Together they can be more than the sum of their parts.
In a sense I’ve been working on “Take A Picture, Tell A Story” my whole career. During the summer of 1974, I went to Appalachia on my first photo project, spending three months documenting the coal miners’ strike in Harlan County, Kentucky. Along with a meagre amount of photo gear, I took a tape recorder and mic.
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