Since 2019, Penn State professors poet Julia Spicher Kasdorf and photographer Steven Rubin have worked on a documentary poetry and photography project to represent agricultural activity within walking distance, about 30 miles, of our homes. Through the Covid 19 pandemic and into a second Trump administration, we have followed the seasons and worked to represent landowners, Hispanic farm workers, and farm communities with beauty and complexity. Our radically local focus reveals implications of global issues, such as climate change, corporate consolidation, industrialization, migrant labor, land development, and food insecurity. During the residency, we hope to finalize our art book manuscript.

Website: https://www.juliakasdorf.com/

https://www.stevenrubin.com/

Affiliation: Penn State