{"name":"Poca High School and Amos Plant, West Virginia 2004","created_by":"Mitch Epstein","description":"\"American Power investigates notions of power, both electrical and political. Who has it, what do they do with it, and how does it affect other people? From 2003 to 2008, I traveled across the United States to photograph in and around sites where fossil fuel, nuclear, hydroelectric, wind, solar, and other alternative power are produced. The resulting pictures form a portrait of the United States as it clings to past comforts and gropes for a more sensible future. American Power underscores the intersection between energy production, energy consumption, and climate change. In short, I hope to illuminate the relationship between American society and the American landscape.\n\nAmerican Power is also about the deepening of my political convictions. While making this body of work, I encountered Homeland Security obstacles, environmental contamination, corporate impenetrability, and a culture of excess. These experiences turned my initial curiosity into rage and sadness. American Power has led me to think harder about the artist’s role in a country teetering between collapse and transformation\". - Mitch Epstein\n\nEdition: 1 of 1","attributes":[{"trait_type":"Artist","value":"Mitch Epstein"},{"trait_type":"Collection","value":"American Power"},{"trait_type":"Year","value":"2004"},{"trait_type":"Property","value":"Exterior"},{"trait_type":"Edition","value":"1 of 1"},{"trait_type":"Medium","value":"Non-Fungible Token"},{"trait_type":"File Size","value":"4000 × 3110 px (15.1 MB)"},{"trait_type":"License","value":"© Mitch Epstein"},{"trait_type":"Copyright","value":"© Black River Productions, Ltd. / Mitch Epstein 2022 All Rights Reserved"}],"image_details":{"bytes":15060699,"format":"JPEG","sha256":"5dfd7e19b60e0e3412a507c66fdfb70e27533024bc3546d15c334c98516c8a7c","width":4000,"height":3110},"image":"https://arweave.net/IWFh_YnOLVbG6VuPA3jYnKQC1Jdh1ViUuawaBBEaBRs","image_url":"https://arweave.net/IWFh_YnOLVbG6VuPA3jYnKQC1Jdh1ViUuawaBBEaBRs"}