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Jim Smyre and family planting tobacco, Iredell County, NC (work of art)

Información sobre la obra de arte

Creado
1987; printed 1992
Artista
Rob Amberg
Nacionalidad
Americana
Nacimiento/Muerte
1947-
Dimensiones
Imagen:
11 1/2 x 17 3/4 in.
(29.2 x 45.1 cm.)
Medio
Fotografía

Crédito

Comprado con fondos del William R. Roberson Jr. y Frances M. Roberson Endowed Fund for North Carolina Art

Cultura
Americana Carolina del Norte

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Photographer Rob Amberg is interested in the changing technology of agriculture in western North Carolina. Members of the Iredell County family in the photograph are riding backward on a tobacco setter. Tobacco plants are grown from seeds in protected beds during the spring, and by late spring or early summer, they are ready to be gathered for transplanting into larger fields. Each worker has a basket of plants to be set out. The tractor (replacing mules of earlier days) that pulls the setter must be guided with precision along straight rows. Every few seconds the mechanical parts of the setter gouge a small hole in the earth, and one of the workers must have one plant ready to insert quickly into the hole before the tractor moves along. A small amount of water from the tanks is automatically spilled onto each plant to get its roots off to a good start. A close look at the bottom of the photograph shows a plant emerging between each pair of metal wheels.

tags: black and white, change, interdependence, place, work, farm

Imágenes

  • Ron Amberg Jim Smyre y su familia plantando tabaco, Condado de Iredell, NC 1987

    Jim Smyre and family planting tobacco, Iredell County, NC