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Title: Awe-inspiring trip underground!
Review: Peter Goin is becoming one of my most favorite photographers, able to evoke the same emotions in landscapes that Sebastiao Salgado evokes with his portraits.Mr. Goin compares and contrasts the state and evolution of various mines across the country with his contemporary photographs of mines taken from roughly the same locations as vintage photographs. Particularly fascinating is his chapter on the Bingham Canyon copper pit mine, tracing its evolution from turn-of-the-century immigrant copper town to its current position as the world's largest man-made hole.Also of note is his exploration of American Flats mine and its present-day existance as a de-facto "autonomous zone" where all forms of "outlaw culture" is practiced.This book is a must for all persons interested in urban exploration and industrial processes, as well as those of us who are fascinated by the ways man changes the world around him.
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