Hi, Holger. If that shot were in B&W it almost could be a Josef Koudelka.
Here's another in the same vein. I suspect I've posted this before on LuLa, but I'm not sure I ever placed it. It's the way they mine gold nowadays up above Cripple Creek in Colorado. No more boring holes in the ground -- just remove the ground. I've been photographing in this area since the middle sixties, and most of the stuff I used to shoot is gone. Just off to the left of this scene there was a little valley with several deserted farmhouses. That valley's now full of tailings and the houses are buried forever. Just over the hill to the right used to lie the little ghost town of Elkton. I've included the last shot I made there. Elkton's now under at least 500 feet of tailings -- a small mountain. That's progress.
