Over the last 150 years, steel production played a vital role in the shaping of our nation. This was especially true in Youngstown, Ohio, a part of what is now often referred to as "the Rust Belt." In their prime, however, the Youngstown mills ran along 25 miles of the Mahoning River and employed tens of thousands of people. All of that changed in September 1977 when the LTV Corporation announced that it was closing its Youngstown Works. Youngstown today struggles for its survival. Higgins's photography places these decaying traces of the industrial landscape squarely amid the magnificence...
Over the last 150 years, steel production played a vital role in the shaping of our nation. This was especially true in Youngstown, Ohio, a part of wh...
This new collection finds photographer James Jeffery Higgins exploring the fading farms and small towns of the Ohio Valley. Higgins's photographs capture the beauty and majesty of the landscape and the spirit of the people who remain in a region beset by economic losses. While recording the ever-present signs of hard times, he also captures a powerful sense of place, a victory of the spirit.
This new collection finds photographer James Jeffery Higgins exploring the fading farms and small towns of the Ohio Valley. Higgins's photographs capt...
