Rob Amberg (NC, b. 1947), Angie and Juanita Shelton, Unloading Tobacco, Hopewell, Madison County, North Carolina

Gelatin silver print, 1983, pencil signed, titled, and dated to verso, unframed.

Sheet size 10 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.

Private Collection, Charlotte, North Carolina

Rob Amberg's work documents communities, landscapes, and vernacular culture in the Appalachian region. Working primarily in western North Carolina since the 1970s, Amberg has focused on long-term, collaborative projects that examine place, memory, and social change. His best-known bodies of work include the Sodom Laurel Album, a multi-decade photographic and oral history project centered on a Madison County community, and Flood along the River of Heaven, documenting the 2004 floods in southern Appalachia.

Good condition when viewed under raking light; some sheet waviness isolated to edges and two tiny corner nicks; some slight toning along upper margin edge.