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9780809313419

Southern Illinois Coal

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  • ISBN13:

    9780809313419

  • ISBN10:

    0809313413

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1995-01-01
  • Publisher: Southern Illinois Univ Pr
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Summary

The coal mining photographs of C. William Horrell, taken across the southern Illinois Coal Belt over a twenty-year period from 1966 to 1986, are extraordinary examples of documentary photographyso stark and striking that captions seem superfluous. Horrell's photographs, reproduced in fine duotone lithography, capture the varied phenomena of twentieth-century coal mining technology: the awesome scale of surface mining machines and their impact on the land; massive machines forced into narrow passageways with inches to spare as they carry coal from the face to conveyer belts; and, more significantly, the advent of continuous miners, machines that dominated underground or "deep" mines during the rnid-1960s. Horrell was also intrigued by the related activities of mining, including coal's processing, cleaning, and transportation, as well as the daily, behind-the-scenes operations that keep mines and miners working. His photographs reflect the beauty of the commonplacethe clothes of the miners, their dinner pails, and their toolsand reveal the picturesque remnants of closed mines: the weathered boards of company houses, the imposing iron beauty of an ancient tipple, the grassy sidewalks of an old coal town, and an abandoned building against the lowering sky of an approaching storm. Finally, his portraits of coal miners, such as the widely publishedBlack-Faced Miner,show the strength, dignity, and enduring spirit of the men and women who work the southern Illinois coal mines.

Author Biography

C. William Horrell, 1918–1989, began his teaching career at Southern Illinois University in 1949, where he was instrumental in establishing the Department of Cinema and Photography. During Horrell’s lifetime, his photographs appeared in many major metropolitan newspapers and a variety of popular and specialty magazines, including Life, Pic, Youth, and Friends.

Herbert K. Russell compiled the photographs that make up A Southern Illinois Album: Farm Security Administration Photographs, 1936–1943.

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