{"name":"Chalmette Oil Refinery, New Orleans Louisiana II 2007","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":"2007"},{"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 × 3186 px (14.7 MB)"},{"trait_type":"License","value":"© Mitch Epstein"},{"trait_type":"Copyright","value":"© Black River Productions, Ltd. / Mitch Epstein 2022 All Rights Reserved"}],"image_details":{"bytes":14691113,"format":"JPEG","sha256":"aef00794ba91998ddb7afaaad24adce23a163c3feb02642fe9941780d8220002","width":4000,"height":3186},"image":"https://arweave.net/ocfKE9n0zYJqmLyfrjvxuoc-XvFfh-QTNT9FzO_vou0","image_url":"https://arweave.net/ocfKE9n0zYJqmLyfrjvxuoc-XvFfh-QTNT9FzO_vou0"}