Photographs and Text By Frank Johnston Women have been working in the coal mines for approximately a decade. Chellene Koon, 26, and her fellow workers have just completed the night shift at Blacksville #1 Coal Mine near Rivesville, West Virginia. Chellene has worked as a
Lou Thiel, 46, a college graduate and second generation potato farmer from Idaho Falls, Idaho, believes that “farming is a poor business but a great way of life.” Thiel is worried about skyrocketing costs–a piece of equipment bought for $2,600 eight years ago cost $13,200
Frank Williams collects donations for the “Temple of Lost Sheep” in New York City. Unemployed workers wait at Detroit unemployment office. Ray Lugo and daughter Christal at Unemployment Crisis Center in Flint, Mich. Mitch Snyder protests “Reaganomics” across the street from the White House. Unemployed
When Leonid Brezhnev praised Hungarian agriculture at the Soviet Party Congress in 1981, Hungarian farmers complained that so many delegations from the Soviet Union descended on them they could not collect their harvest. Though the Hungarians were supposed to be flattered by Brezhnev’s attention, they
BUDAPEST–Young people in their Hungarian-made Levi-Strauss jeans move around Budapest in large packs that congregate in restaurants and bars, drinking beer, eating wholesome snacks like steak tartare, and open to anyone who wants to lean elbows with them. Parties are organized on short notice to
