Lost: Photographs of Old Forge
by Vincent Cianni
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About the Book
After leaving thirty-five years ago, the first time I walked around the town with the intent of making pictures, I noticed immediately how stark, sterile and strange it seemed. No one was on the streets; porches and yards were empty even though it was summer; playgrounds, empty lots and shops were vacant, devoid of children laughing and playing, teenagers idling about and people shopping. It seemed to be a lost town, forgotten in the wake of its defunct coal-mining industry nearly forty years ago. I wanted to discover once again the people who populated the town, how its people lived and died, what remained and what was lost, and perhaps what I had never known when growing up there.
Features & Details
- Primary Category: Arts & Photography Books
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Project Option: Standard Landscape, 10×8 in, 25×20 cm
# of Pages: 80 - Publish Date: Mar 12, 2010
- Keywords coal mining, Pennsylvania, color, documentary, Photography
About the Creator
Documentary photographer Vincent Cianni attended Penn State University, the Maryland Institute College of Art, and SUNY New Paltz. Cianni teaches photography at Parsons The New School of Design, NYC. He currently lives in Newburgh, NY. His documentary work explores community and memory and the human condition. The photographs of We Skate Hardcore, published by NYU Press and the Center for Documentary Studies have been widely published in photo journals and anthologies. His photographs have been exhibited at LACMA, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Photographers’ Gallery, London; 7th International Photography Festival Mannheim; George Eastman House. A major survey of the work was exhibited at the Museum of the City of New York in 2006. Cianni’s photographs are represented in numerous public and private collections. He is represented by Verve Gallery, Santa Fe, NM. Duke University's Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collection Library has established an archive of his documentary work