Mitch Epstein

Biloxi, Mississippi
2005

A devastated landscape showing the aftermath of a severe storm or natural disaster. A large, leafless tree stands in the center, its branches strewn with debris including pieces of fabric and a mattress. In the background, a palm tree is bent, and a flipped car lies among the ruins of destroyed buildings. The ground is littered with scattered remnants of the catastrophe, and the sky has a soft glow, suggesting either sunrise or sunset.
A devastated landscape showing the aftermath of a severe storm or natural disaster. A large, leafless tree stands in the center, its branches strewn with debris including pieces of fabric and a mattress. In the background, a palm tree is bent, and a flipped car lies among the ruins of destroyed buildings. The ground is littered with scattered remnants of the catastrophe, and the sky has a soft glow, suggesting either sunrise or sunset.

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Date
2005

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Chromogenic print

Dimensions
Sheet: 70 × 92in. (177.8 × 233.7 cm) Image (Sight): 69 × 89 3/8in. (175.3 × 227 cm) Frame: 71 × 91 3/8 × 2 1/2in. (180.3 × 232.1 × 6.4 cm)

Accession number
2006.73

Series
American Power

Edition
1/4 | 2 APs

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Mitch Epstein

API
artworks/27995

Mitch Epstein
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