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For Appalachian Artists, the Landscape Is Much More Than the Sum of Its Natural Resources

Inside Climate News · By Kiley Bense · last updated
In Pennsylvania, a new exhibit brings the complex environmental history of Appalachia to life through art.

By Kiley Bense

In a 2018 photograph taken by the Philadelphia artist Andrea Walls, a ghost floats toward the viewer. Draped in a white shroud and framed by power lines and splintered tree branches, the faceless figure is following train tracks that fall off the edge of the page.

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