Paddle wheel mining operation for gold no known location or date-2009 Metal Print
by David Lee Guss
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Paddle wheel mining operation for gold no known location or date-2009 metal print by David Lee Guss. Bring your artwork to life with the stylish lines and added depth of a metal print. Your image gets printed directly onto a sheet of 1/16" thick aluminum. The aluminum sheet is offset from the wall by a 3/4" thick wooden frame which is attached to the back. The high gloss of the aluminum sheet complements the rich colors of any image to produce stunning results.
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The 1849 discovery of gold in Sutter's Creek, California set off an orgy of greed in the American West.... more
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The 1849 discovery of gold in Sutter's Creek, California set off an orgy of greed in the American West.
That frenzy can be seen today in the insanity of a lottery when the top prize is several million. The winners/winners become instant celebrities not for any real accomplishment.
The mining of gold or silver needed a water supply. The lone prospector with his sluice pan was quickly obsolete as he was bought out by mining conglomerates with deep pockets.
@2009 David Lee Guss Film homage, JW, paddle wheel, mining operation, location & date unknown, 180 degree image, 2009
About David Lee Guss
I first became obsessed with photography and motion pictures while growing up in post WW2 Manila in the Philippine Islands in the late 1940's/early 1950's. Film noirs were a particular influence. But my first love remains the theater. I acted in numerous amateur productions from 1958 to 1978. In 1979 I earned a MA in drama from the University of Arizona; earlier getting a BA in English from the University of Minnesota, where I co-founded the first film society on campus and ran it for four years. While at the U of A, I studied with the master black and white photo essayist W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978) the last year of his life. I am the last person cited in Jim Hughes' definitive biography of Gene, as I wrote about attending his final...
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