A Photographer’s Trail to Appalachia – Lens

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A Photographer’s Trail to Appalachia

Forty years ago, Ken Light was introduced to the power of photojournalism. His journey has taken him to Appalachia and other places.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/28/showcase-154/

Ken Light arrived in an Appalachia whose impoverished areas had shrunk but where poverty was still deeply rooted. The people he met wanted to work but found none available.