{"product_id":"david-schwittek-by-bedford-corner-ny-copy","title":"The Field by Colin Smith (Baltimore, MD)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Bahnschrift SemiLight',sans-serif; mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003eThe Field\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\"\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Bahnschrift SemiLight',sans-serif;\"\u003eColin Smith (Baltimore, MD)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Bahnschrift SemiLight',sans-serif; mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Bahnschrift SemiLight',sans-serif;\"\u003ePhoto printed on Hahnemühle Baryta Paper, 20” H x 26” W x 2” D\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Bahnschrift SemiLight',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Bahnschrift SemiLight',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Bahnschrift SemiLight',sans-serif;\"\u003eArtwork:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Bahnschrift SemiLight',sans-serif;\"\u003eMine fire steam blows over a rolling landscape during a chilly 10 degree morning. The steam is blowing over a ghost forest, some of the trees still standing, others fallen, long dead and burnt from the underground mine fire.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Bahnschrift SemiLight',sans-serif;\"\u003eThis photo is from the series “Exsanguination.” The series has been a 17-year project that explores the long-term effects of the coal mining industry on towns and the environment in central and northern Pennsylvania. These fissures originated from a mine fire that started in 1915, which continue to burn to this very day. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Bahnschrift SemiLight',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Bahnschrift SemiLight',sans-serif;\"\u003eArtist Statement:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Bahnschrift SemiLight',sans-serif;\"\u003eMy photographs are part of a long-term project titled The New FSA Project, which revisits locations documented during the Great Depression by photographers of the Farm Security Administration (FSA). By returning to these sites, the work examines how these landscapes and the communities shaped by them have evolved.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Bahnschrift SemiLight',sans-serif;\"\u003eThis installment focuses on the former coal regions of central Pennsylvania, once photographed by FSA photographers. Built around the coal industry, many of these towns have faced decline as energy demands and economic priorities have shifted.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Bahnschrift SemiLight',sans-serif;\"\u003eThe photographs intentionally exclude human figures, allowing the landscape to reveal traces of industry and its aftermath. Underground mine fires, some burning for more than a century, mark the environmental cost of extraction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Bahnschrift SemiLight',sans-serif;\"\u003eWhile coal once powered growth and prosperity, its legacy remains embedded in the land. This work reflects on how industry, environment, and history continue to shape the American landscape today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Bahnschrift SemiLight',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Bahnschrift SemiLight',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edward A. 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