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Powerlines recede to a powerplant in the background.
Vogtle Nuclear Generating Station, near Waynesboro, Georgia
Powerlines recede to a powerplant in the background.
Powerlines recede to a powerplant in the background.
Vogtle Nuclear Generating Station, near Waynesboro, Georgia, Michael Kolster, 2014, archival pigment print, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, © Michael Kolster.

Vogtle Nuclear Generating Station, near Waynesboro, Georgia

Artist (American, born 1963)
Date2014
MediumArchival pigment print
DimensionsImage: 16 1/16 × 20 1/8 inches (40.8 × 51.1 cm)
Other (Margin): 20 × 24 cm (7 7/8 × 9 7/16 inches)
Sheet: 20 3/4 × 25 3/4 inches (52.7 × 65.4 cm)
Portfolio/Series"Rivers" series
Credit LineGift of Karen Wells and Andrew Canning.
Object number2019.32.9
On View
On view
Copyright© Michael Kolster. The images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextAs part of his Rivers series (2011–14), photographer Michael Kolster created contemporary wet-plate ambrotypes and subsequent digital prints of four American rivers that flow into the Atlantic Ocean—the Androscoggin, Schuylkill, James, and Savannah—as they emerge from two centuries of industrial use and neglect. In the spirit of 19th-century photographers, Kolster made unique glass-plate images in a portable darkroom set up along the banks and overlooks of these rivers. His process recalled the historical relationship between the dawn of photography and the rise of industrialization. Ultimately, Kolster’s ambrotypes suggest that as boundaries between humankind and nature continue to dissolve, we can embrace and cherish places once degraded and ignored that have become, in their own way, alluring.
Subject MatterWaynesboro, Georgia, United States of America
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