Milton Rogovin - Appalachian Miners

Milton Rogovin documented the difficult economic and working conditions of the Appalachian mining communities at work and at home between 1962 and 1971, returning in the 1980s to continue photographing them with the desire to help the communities he documented.

“His work speaks of the humanity of working people, the poor and the forgotten ones.” (http://www.miltonrogovin.com/home.php)

He photographed miners at work and at home, showing the ‘normal’, human side to these people.  We see them as ‘workers’, but we also see them as ‘people’.

Here we have simple portraits of people, which is what I am doing, so these images fit in both with image style and content.