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Distro - American Geography - Trip One 

Matt Black 

American Geography is a documentary project by photographer Matt Black. Begun in the photographer's native region of California’s Central Valley, home to some of the nation’s most impoverished communities, the work covers Black's first cross-country trip, a three-and-a-half month,18,000-mile journey across the US documenting some of America’s poorest places.

According to the Census Bureau’s measure of poverty —$11,490 annual income for one person or $23,550 for a family of four — over 45 million people qualify as poor in the US. At the same time, the share of income going to the top one percent... 

Matt Black 2014

USA. Allensworth, California. 2014. Fence post. 

Matt Black 2014

USA. Fresno, California. 2014. Homeless camp. 

Matt Black 2014

USA. Corcoran, California. 2014. Burning tires. 

Matt Black 2014

USA. Tulare, California. 2014. Birds. 

Matt Black 2013

USA. Alpaugh, California. 2013. Farmworker camp. 

Matt Black 2015

USA. York, Pennsylvania. 2015. Rainstorm. 

Matt Black 2013

USA. Mendota, California. 2013. Guard dog. 

Matt Black 2015

USA. Doña Ana County, New Mexico. 2015. Backyard. 

Matt Black 2015

USA. Syracuse, New York. 2015. 

Matt Black 2014

USA. Stratford, California. 2014. Scratched window. 

Matt Black 2015

USA. Brooks County, Texas. 2015. The remains of an unidentified... 

Matt Black 2015

USA. Buffalo, New York. 2015. Shuttered train terminal. 

Matt Black 2015

USA. Calumet, Michigan. 2015. 

Matt Black 2015

USA. Walkerville, Montana. 2015. Dog. 

Matt Black 2013

USA. Lindsay, California. 2013. Country road. 

Matt Black 2014

USA. Modesto, California. 2014. 

Matt Black 2014

USA. Firebaugh, California. 2014. Dead bull’s head hung to dry.... 

Matt Black 2015

USA. El Paso, Texas. 2015. 
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