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January 30 —
May 25, 2012
The Quiet Sickness: A Photographic Chronicle of Hazardous Work in America. Earl Dotter is an award-winning photojournalist with a lifelong commitment to documenting American workers. Beginning in the Appalachian coalfields in the 1970s and continuing today, he has put a human face on those who labor in dangerous and unhealthy conditions over a wide range of occupations across the United States. Learn More
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