https://artblart.com/2026/08/21/exhibition-beneath-the-surface-mining-and-american-photography-at-the-national-gallery-of-art-washington/Art Blart _ art and cultural memory archiveen2026-08-21T18:06:02+00:00Exhibition: ‘Beneath the Surface: Mining and American Photography’ at the National Gallery of Art, Washingtonamerican photographer, photography, Walker Evans, Art Blart, history, Lewis Hine, Emmet Gowin, aerial photography, Arthur Rothstein, Gordon Parks, art, Dr Marcus Bunyan, American photography, Richard Avedon, Timothy H. O'Sullivan, Mitch Epstein, Andrew Joseph Russell, LaToya Ruby Frazier, National Gallery of Art Washington, Andreas Feininger, American portrait photography, William H. Rau, American modernist photography, Milton Rogovin, Will Wilson, American portrait photographer, panoramic photograph, Cara Romero, Russell Lee, Beneath the Surface, Beneath the Surface: Mining and American Photography, Mining and American Photography, American mining, American Gold Rush, photography and extraction, Zig Jackson, Indian Man at Kennecott Copper Mine, Portrait of a California gold miner with pick and shovel, American 19th Century Shipping Oil - Story Farm, Shipping Oil - Story Farm, James F. Ryder, James F. Ryder Atlantic & Great Western Railway, Thomas H. Johnson, Gibson's Breaker, Birdsey Breaker, Thomas H. Johnson Birdsey Breaker, Valley of Bitter Creek from Coal Mine, Andrew Joseph Russell Valley of Bitter Creek from Coal Mine, Savage Mine Curtis Shaft, Comstock Mine, Timothy H. O'Sullivan Comstock Mine, Hydraulic Mining - Behind the Pipes, Thomas Houseworth Hydraulic Mining - Behind the Pipes, Thomas Houseworth, Kennebunk Claim, New York Iron Mine, B.F. Childs New York Iron Mine, B.F. Childs, Brainard Fermont Childs, Brainard F. Childs, Down the Franklin Tramroad, B.F. Childs Down the Franklin Tramroad, Malakoff Diggins, Carleton E. Watkins Malakoff Diggins, F. Jay Haynes, Granite Silver Mine, West & Waddell, Flowing Well, South Plainfield Coal Storage, William H. Rau South Plainfield Coal Storage, A lonely job, Lewis Hine A lonely job, Goose Creek, Goose Creek Tex. oil field, Frank J. Schlueter Goose Creek Tex. oil field, Frank J. Schlueter, Florence Kemmler, Florence Kemmler Oil Drums, Walker Evans Bethlehem, Copper Pit, Anaconda Copper Mining Company, Train of fifty-ton cars of copper ore leaving mines at Butte for smelter at Anaconda Montana, Crude oil fuel oil gas oil range oil and gasoline pipelines leading from the waterfront to the Everett Refinery, Gordon Parks Crude oil fuel oil gas oil range oil and gasoline pipelines leading from the waterfront to the Everett Refinery, Jim Faye returning from the mines, Fons Ianelli Jim Faye returning from the mines, Fons Ianelli, Oil Derricks on Signal Hall, Photographing American Mining and Energy, Coal Miners' Strike, Arthur Grace Coal Miners' Strike, Arthur Grace, Doris McKinney Republic Steel, Doris McKinney with Her Two Sons, Tom Stroud oil field worker, Mining Exploration near Carson City, Emmet Gowin Mining Exploration near Carson City, panoramic mining photograph, Standard Oil New Jersey, large-scale Color Photographs, In the Library: Photobooks and American Energy, Photobooks and American Energy, Amos Coal Power Plant, Victoria Sambunaris, Victoria Sambunaris Coaldale Pennsylvania, Coaldale Pennsylvania, David Maisel, David Maisel American Mine, American Mine, U.S.S. Edgar Thomson Steel Works & Monongahela, Oil Boom, Andrew Borowiec, Andrew Borowiec Blast Furnace, Will Wilson Shiprock Disposal Site, Shiprock Disposal Site, Dr Marcus Bunyan The rape of the earth, The rape of the earth