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Maker(s):Petegorsky, Stephen
Culture:American, born 1954
Title:Corn Harvest After Hurricane MItch, Chacara Seca, Nicaragua
Date Made:1998, printed 2011
Type:Photograph
Materials:pigment inkjet print
Measurements:Sheet: 17 in x 22 in; 43.2 cm x 55.9 cm; Image: 13 5/8 in x 20 5/8 in; 34.6 cm x 52.4 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2011.43
Credit Line:Gift of the artist (Class of 1975)
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Label Text:
Hurricane Mitch devastated Nicaragua in 1998. Many people were killed by mudslides that washed out entire villages. This image shows the entire usable harvest from a cornfield battered by days of torrential rain, piled on the back of a single truck.

Tags:
food; vegetables; ecology; lighting; sunshine; shadows

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