Richard Misrach: Petrochemical 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
Color photograph of a white crucifix with attached figure of Christ rising above smaller graves with power plant buildings in the background
Color photograph of a decrepit trailer home on stilts standing above a shore filled with trash
Color photograph of a water-filled ditch before a wide grassy meadow with a single cow on the horizon
Color photograph of a simple white clapboard church with two low square belltowers
Color photograph of two birds sitting in the branches of a dead tree amid broken off stumps in standing water
Color photograph of a woman peering through a light-filled window in a foyer
Color photograph of a white room with Neo-Classical detailing containing a beige sofa and dark wooden grand piano
Color photograph of a chain-link fence and ajar gate in standing water through a gray-green haze
Color photograph of a large leafy plant running along a water-filled ditch in front of a haze-covered power plant
Color photograph of a person standing on a shore of an industrial waterway with a passing cargo ship and power plant on the horizon
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