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Permanent Collection
Photography |
Southern
Alleghenies
Museum of Art
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Jack Barnosky
(American, b. 1947)
Miner's Hands,
Hazelton, Pennsylvania, 1985
Gelatin silver print, selenium toned,
7 1/2" x 9"
Gift of the artist
(96.094)
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Jack Barnosky captures memories of
his Eastern Pennsylvania childhood in photography of coal strip
mining sites. Stylistically, Barnosky's work reflects both
Documentary and Straight Photography. He uses the camera
as an instrument of reform, telling the story of people's lives
in photodocumentary essays. He documents landscapes,
laborers and immigrants, and artifacts and impressions of
American industry.
Barnosky received a B.A. in
photography from Brooks Institute and an M.F.A. from Indiana
University's School of Fine Arts. He has taught at Martin
University and Ivy Tech College in Indianapolis and currently
teaches at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas.
Barnosky's photographs are in the collections of Georgia's
Columbus Museum, Houston's Museum of Fine Arts, California's
Long Beach Museum of Art, and the Historical Society of
Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
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Southern
Alleghenies Museum of Art
Saint Francis University Mall
P.O. Box 9,
Loretto,
Pennsylvania 15940
Phone: (814) 472-3920
sama-art.org
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