David Maisel: The Mining Project
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The Mining Project had its genesis in 1983, when David Maisel began photographing open pit mines…
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David Maisel: The Mining Project
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The Mining Project had its genesis in 1983, when David Maisel began photographing open pit mines…
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David Maisel, The Mining Project, 1987-2007
"His stunning photographs of blood-red tailing ponds– whose color is derived from the addition of cyanide to recover microscopic particles of gold from the mines’ runoff—hauntingly suggest the violence being done to the surrounding land."