Dina Kantor Photographs the Demise of Treece, Kansas

Dina Kantor Photographs the Demise of Treece, Kansas

Treece, Kansas, was a thriving mining town during the First and Second World Wars. It’s now been almost entirely abandoned due to major pollution. For …

via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2012/06/dina-kantor-photographs-the-demise-of-treece-kansas.html

Treece, Kansas, was a thriving mining town during the First and Second World Wars. It’s now been almost entirely abandoned due to major pollution. For the past two years, the photographer Dina Kantor has been photographing the decline of Treece, accompanied by her sister, Shira, a writer.