Photograph by
Soliday, David, American
Date
2012
Medium
digital
Dimensions
H x W: 4604 pixels × 6898 pixels, 181.77 MB
Caption
I-95 heading north. Darien, GA is in the upper left. About 200,000 people cross these fields a day without a clue of the generations of people who once worked them. – Description from photographer David Soliday.
Description
A digital aerial photograph of remnant rice fields adjacent a strip of the Georgia I-95. The bottom left corner features the edge of nearby forests divided by the I-95, which continues northward. The Altamaha River can be seen flowing eastward, meandering through the light green remnant rice fields and underneath two bridges along the highway. Vestigial canals flow into the fields, with their edges marked by denser vegetation. In the distance, the highway passes through Butler River and Butler Island before disappearing into forests that occupy the background.
Place captured
Altamaha River, Darien, McIntosh County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
Portfolio/Series
Remnants of the Rice Culture
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
digital media - born digital
Topic
Agriculture
American South
Nature
Photography
Rice farming
Slavery
United States History
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David Shriver Soliday
Object number
2014.216.10
Restrictions & Rights
© David Soliday
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a56e289d-7d4a-455c-8ba2-040dd12a6632

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