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selections from AMERICAN POWER by Mitch Epstein

By BOMB Oct 21, 2009

Scroll through a slideshow of images from Mitch Epstein’s latest book American Power, a collection of photos highlighting the American addiction to energy production and consumption. Read the accompanying interview with Richard B. Woodward on BOMBSITE.

BP CARSON REFINERY, CALIFORNIA. From the series AMERICAN POWER, 2007. C-print, 70x92 inches. Courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York.

BP CARSON REFINERY, CALIFORNIA 2007. From the series AMERICAN POWER. C-print, 70 x 92 inches. All images courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York.

POCA HIGH SCHOOL AND AMOS COAL POWER PLANT, WEST VIRGINA. From the series AMERICAN POWER, 2004. C-print, 70x92 inches. Courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York.

POCA HIGH SCHOOL AND AMOS COAL POWER PLANT, WEST VIRGINIA 2004. From the series AMERICAN POWER. C-print, 70 x 92 inches.

HOOVER DAM AND LAKE MEAD, NEVADA/ARIZONA. From the series AMERICAN POWER, 2007. C-print 70x92 inches. Courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York.

HOOVER DAM AND LAKE MEAD, NEVADA/ARIZONA 2007. From the series AMERICAN POWER. C-print 70 x 92 inches.

ALTAMONT PASS WIND FARM, CALIFORNIA, from the series AMERICAN POWER, 2005. C-print, 70x92 inches. Courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York.

ALTAMONT PASS WIND FARM, CALIFORNIA 2005. From the series AMERICAN POWER. C-print, 70 x 92 inches.

GILLETTE, WYOMING. From the series AMERICAN POWER, 2008. C-print, 70x92 inches. Courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York.

GILLETTE, WYOMING 2008. From the series AMERICAN POWER. C-print, 70 x 92 inches.

IOWA 80 TRUCKSTOP, WALCOTT, IOWA, from the series AMERICAN POWER, 2008. C-print , 70x92 inches. Courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York.

IOWA 80 TRUCKSTOP, WALCOTT, IOWA 2008. From the series AMERICAN POWER. C-print , 70 x 92 inches.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, from the series AMERICAN POWER, 2007 C-print, 70x92 inches. Courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 2007. From the series AMERICAN POWER. C-print, 70 x 92 inches.

ALTAMONT PASS WIND FARM, CALIFORNIA II, from the series AMERICAN POWER, 2007. C-print 70x92 inches. Courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York.

ALTAMONT PASS WIND FARM, CALIFORNIA II 2007. From the series AMERICAN POWER. C-print 70 x 92 inches.

WYODAK COAL MINE, WYOMING, from the series AMERICAN POWER, 2008, C-print, 70x92 inches. Courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York.

WYODAK COAL MINE, WYOMING 2008. From the series AMERICAN POWER. C-print, 70 x 92 inches.

GAVIN COAL POWER PLANT, CHESHIRE, OHIO, from the series AMERICAN POWER, 2003. C-print, 70x92 inches. Courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York.

GAVIN COAL POWER PLANT, CHESHIRE, OHIO 2003. From the series AMERICAN POWER. C-print, 70 x 92 inches.

BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI, from the series AMERICAN POWER, 2005, C-print , 70x92 inches. Courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York.

BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI 2005. From the series AMERICAN POWER. C-print , 70x92 inches.


CENTURY WIND PROJECT, BLAIRSBURG, IOWA, from the series AMERICAN POWER, 2008. C-print, 70x92 inches. Courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York.

CENTURY WIND PROJECT, BLAIRSBURG, IOWA 2008. From the series AMERICAN POWER. C-print, 70 x 92 inches.

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