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Richard MisrachPetrochemical America

A poetic documentation of the communities and land around Cancer Alley, an industrial corridor stretching from Baton Rouge to New Orleans, the location of more than a hundred petrochemical refineries.

Color photograph of a still lake containing broken-off tree stumps and surrounded by greenery — Richard Misrach, Batture, North of Port Allen, Louisiana, 1998

pigment print, 62-3/4 x 82-3/4 inches (framed) [159.4 x 210.2 cm]

Color photograph of a white crucifix with attached figure of Christ rising above smaller graves with power plant buildings in the background — Richard Misrach, Holy Rosary Cemetery and Union Carbide Complex, Taft, Louisiana, 1998

pigment print, 20 x 24 inches (mount) [50.8 x 61 cm]

Color photograph of a decrepit trailer home on stilts standing above a shore filled with trash — Richard Misrach, Abandoned Trailer Home, Mississippi River, near Dow Chemical Plant, Plaquemine, Louisiana, 1998

pigment print, 30 x 37 inches (mount) [76.2 x 94.0 cm]

Color photograph of a water-filled ditch before a wide grassy meadow with a single cow on the horizon — Richard Misrach, Helicopter Returning From Deep Water Horizon Spill, Venice, Louisiana, 2010

pigment print, 20 x 24 inches (mount) [50.8 x 61 cm]

Color photograph of a simple white clapboard church with two low square belltowers — Richard Misrach, Baptist Church, River Road, St. James, Louisiana, 1998

pigment print, 30 x 37 inches (mount) [76.2 x 94.0 cm]

Color photograph of two birds sitting in the branches of a dead tree amid broken off stumps in standing water — Richard Misrach, Cypress Tree, Alligator Bayou, 1998

pigment print, 62-3/4 x 82-3/4 inches (framed) [159.4 x 210.2 cm]

Color photograph of a woman peering through a light-filled window in a foyer — Richard Misrach, Tour Guide, Nottoway Plantation, White Castle, Louisiana, 1998

pigment print, 20 x 24 inches (mount) [50.8 x 61 cm]

Color photograph of a white room with Neo-Classical detailing containing a beige sofa and dark wooden grand piano — Richard Misrach, Nottoway Plantation, Interior, Louisiana, 1998

pigment print, 20 x 24 inches (mount) [50.8 x 61 cm]

Color photograph of a chain-link fence and ajar gate in standing water through a gray-green haze — Richard Misrach, Hazardous Waste Containment Site, Dow Chemical Corporation, Plaquemine, Louisiana, 1998

pigment print, 20 x 24 inches (mount) [50.8 x 61 cm]

Color photograph of a large leafy plant running along a water-filled ditch in front of a haze-covered power plant — Richard Misrach, Roadside Vegetation and Orion Refining Corporation, Good Hope, Louisiana, 1998

pigment print, 62-3/4 x 82-3/4 inches (framed) [159.4 x 210.2 cm]

Color photograph of a person standing on a shore of an industrial waterway with a passing cargo ship and power plant on the horizon — Richard Misrach, Night Fishing, near Bonnet Carré Spillway, Louisiana, 1998

pigment print, 30 x 37 inches (mount) [76.2 x 94.0 cm]

Richard MisrachBatture, North of Port Allen, Louisiana

1998

pigment print, 62-3/4 x 82-3/4 inches (framed) [159.4 x 210.2 cm]

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Richard MisrachHoly Rosary Cemetery and Union Carbide Complex, Taft, Louisiana

1998

pigment print, 20 x 24 inches (mount) [50.8 x 61 cm]

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Richard MisrachAbandoned Trailer Home, Mississippi River, near Dow Chemical Plant, Plaquemine, Louisiana

1998

pigment print, 30 x 37 inches (mount) [76.2 x 94.0 cm]

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Richard MisrachHelicopter Returning From Deep Water Horizon Spill, Venice, Louisiana

2010

pigment print, 20 x 24 inches (mount) [50.8 x 61 cm]

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Richard MisrachBaptist Church, River Road, St. James, Louisiana

1998

pigment print, 30 x 37 inches (mount) [76.2 x 94.0 cm]

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Richard MisrachCypress Tree, Alligator Bayou

1998

pigment print, 62-3/4 x 82-3/4 inches (framed) [159.4 x 210.2 cm]

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Richard MisrachTour Guide, Nottoway Plantation, White Castle, Louisiana

1998

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Richard MisrachNottoway Plantation, Interior, Louisiana

1998

pigment print, 20 x 24 inches (mount) [50.8 x 61 cm]

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Richard MisrachHazardous Waste Containment Site, Dow Chemical Corporation, Plaquemine, Louisiana

1998

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Richard MisrachRoadside Vegetation and Orion Refining Corporation, Good Hope, Louisiana

1998

pigment print, 62-3/4 x 82-3/4 inches (framed) [159.4 x 210.2 cm]

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Richard MisrachNight Fishing, near Bonnet Carré Spillway, Louisiana

1998

pigment print, 30 x 37 inches (mount) [76.2 x 94.0 cm]

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