The Devil’s Den gained infamy during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. Fewer than 80 years following the Civil War, when both men and land were divided over the atrocities of slavery, German prisoners of war were put to work at sites throughout the South for the horrors of WWII. Dana Mueller’s photography project The Devil’s Den contrasts the POWs’ constructive labor on Southern farms with the destructive legacy of Nazi Germany, while also exploring contemporary notions of German history and identity. Click here to see Mueller’s project The Devil’s Den, 2009 - present.

Click here to see more of The Devil’s Den, 2009 - present.

Click here to see more of The Devil’s Den, 2009 - present.

"The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thousands can think for one who can see. To see clearly is poetry, prophecy, and religion, — all in one." — John Ruskin

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Jeff Rich is continuing his Watershed project with a series dedicated to the Tennessee River, which flows from Knoxville, southwest to Alabama, and back into Tennessee. Photographing in the grand scale of 19th century American landscape photographers, Rich is creating a vibrant document of some of the Southeast’s most important waterways while subtly addressing the region’s complex environmental issues. Click here to see Rich’s project Watershed: Chapter II - The Tennessee River.

Click here to see more of Watershed: Chapter II - The Tennessee River.

Click here to see more of Watershed: Chapter II - The Tennessee River.

"The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thousands can think for one who can see. To see clearly is poetry, prophecy, and religion, — all in one." — John Ruskin

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Photographer Joshua Dudley Greer’s new book, 26° 81°, is out now. 26° 81° includes 40 full-color images of Immokalee, Florida, that "guide us through Immokalee’s quintessential American story of hardship, perseverance, optimism, and success."

Photograph by Joshua Dudley Greer, W. Delaware Avenue, Immokalee, Florida, 2010

Photograph by Joshua Dudley Greer, Cross, Immokalee, Florida, 2010

From a statement on the 26° 81° website:

"Immokalee (in 2010, at least) is more than 70% Hispanic. Immokalee sees half its population disappear each summer as migrant farmworking picks up in northern states. Immokalee is a town where the Haitian dialect of French and a south Mexican brand of Spanish are as likely to be heard as the patters of American English. "Immokalee," a rough translation of a Native American term meaning "my home," was adopted as the town’s name in the late 1800s. Today, the Immokalee Seminole Reservation and casino occupy a few blocks of the southern end of town. Immokalee is home to one high school, one middle school, five elementary schools, and a K-6 charter school. Teenagers often affectionately call Immokalee "I-town."

You can buy the book from Amazon. Half the proceeds go to the Immokalee Foundation. Individual prints are also available for purchase. Please contact Greer at jdudleygreer@gmail.com for more information.

Editor’s Note: View a selection of Greer’s photography featured on One, One Thousand in January 2011. You can also view more of Greer’s photography on his website: jdudleygreer.com

"The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thousands can think for one who can see. To see clearly is poetry, prophecy, and religion, — all in one." — John Ruskin

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Jonathan Traviesa is the latest Louisiana artist to be featured in the online magazine, Pelican Bomb. Mississippi native-turned-New-Orleanian, Benjamin Morris, writes at length about Traviesa’s decade-long portraiture project in New Orleans. He offers a local’s perspective on Traviesa’s expanding body of work:

"Even though the entirety of his portraiture is based in New Orleans, he avoids reading too deeply into its idiosyncrasies: in particular, the relationship between houses and people. Many of the houses he shoots bear no defining local markers, removing the potential obstructions of iconography or caricature, and rendering the argument of his work even more cogent: that New Orleans, particularly post-Katrina New Orleans, enjoys a right to existence as much as any other city whose balconies may not be garlanded with beads."

Read the entire article here.

Pelican Bomb is relatively new, but its editors and writers have been working hard to both document and make sense of the various art scenes in New Orleans and throughout Louisiana. The online magazine launched in February 2011, and it "focuses on [Louisiana's] native sons and daughters, recent transplants, and folks just passing through. As a contemporary primary document, it reflects the transitional and transformative nature of place as related to the creation, dissemination, and consumption of visual art today."

Pelican Bomb also has an open call to all Louisiana photographers and video artists to submit work for consideration in their "Pic(k) of the Week," which is featured prominently on the site’s homepage. You can send submissions to editor@pelicanbomb.com.

Editor’s Note: View a selection of Traviesa’s photography featured on One, One Thousand in March 2011.

"The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thousands can think for one who can see. To see clearly is poetry, prophecy, and religion, — all in one." — John Ruskin

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