Magnum Photos

Book - American Geography 

Matt Black 

When Magnum photographer Matt Black began exploring his hometown in California’s rural Central Valley—dubbed “the other California,” where one-third of the population lives in poverty—he knew what his next project had to be. Black was inspired to create a vivid portrait of an unknown America, to photograph some of the poorest communities across the US. Traveling across forty-six states and Puerto Rico, Black visited designated “poverty areas,” places with a poverty rate above 20 percent, and found that poverty areas are so numerous that they’re never more than a two-hour’s drive apart, woven through... 

Matt Black 2015

USA. El Paso, Texas. 2015. 

Matt Black 2014

USA. Fresno, California. 2014. Homeless camp. 

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USA. Modesto, California. 2014. 

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USA. Corcoran, California. 2014. Burning tires. 

Matt Black 2016

USA. Alturas, California. 2016. Cattle auction. 

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USA. Allensworth, California. 2014. Fence post. 

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USA. Tulare, California. 2014. Birds. 

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USA. Laredo, Texas. 2018. Downtown. 

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USA. Los Banos, California. 2016. A dead almond orchard. 

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USA. La Junta, Colorado. 2016. Downtown. 

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USA. La Junta, Colorado. 2016. Roadside crosses. 

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USA. Tulare, California. 2014. Flea market vendors. 

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USA. Laredo, Texas. 2018. Birds. 

Matt Black 2019

USA. Cameron, Arizona. 2019. Cooking shed. 

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USA. Fresno, California. 2014. Homeless camp. 

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USA. Gallup, New Mexico. 2019. Parking lot. 

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USA. Salton City, California. 2019. Empty lot. 

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USA. Stockton, California. 2016. Homeless camp. 

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USA. Blythe, California. 2016. A homeless man sits in the shade.... 

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USA. Brownsville, Texas. 2015. Brownsville has a population... 

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USA. Calexico, California. 2019. Burned bible. 

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USA. Fresno, California. 2018. Panhandling sign. 

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USA. Tucson, Arizona. 2018. Panhandling sign. 

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USA. Port Arthur, Texas. 2018. Chain. 

Matt Black 2017

USA. Rome, Mississippi. 2017. A woman in kitchen. 

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USA. Birmingham, Alabama. 2017.Transgender ball. 

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USA. Rome, Mississippi. 2019. Man at home. 

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USA. Helena, Arkansas. 2019. Warehouse. 

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USA. Lake Village, Arkansas. 2016. Downtown. 

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USA. Inez, Kentucky. 2019. Cleaning deer. 

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PUERTO RICO. Utuado. 2017. Women at home. 

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USA. Inez, Kentucky. 2019. Car repair at home. 

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USA. Ravenswood, West Virginia. 2016. Downtown. 

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USA. Selma, Alabama. 2019. Downtown. 

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USA. Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. 2017. Fishing. 

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USA. Fulton, Kentucky. 2017. Downtown. 

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USA Piedmont, Missouri. 2016. Storefront. 

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USA. Fort Gaines, Georgia. 2017. Downtown. 

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USA. Sylvester, Georgia. 2017. Farmer checks sprinklers. 

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PUERTO RICO. Utuado. 2017. Ill man at home. 

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USA. Days Crossroads, Georgia. 2017. Laundry. 

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USA. Martin County, Kentucky. 2019. At home. 

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USA. Denmark, South Carolina. 2019. Kitchen. 

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USA. Days Crossroads, Georgia. 2017. Sunday School. 

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USA. Springfield, Missouri. 2016. Discarded magazine. 

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USA. Lula, Mississippi. 2019. Discarded knife. 

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USA. Clewiston, Florida. 2017. Discarded silverware. 

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USA. Uniontown, Alabama. 2017. Fly swatter. 

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USA. York, Pennsylvania. 2015. Rainstorm. 

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USA. Saginaw, Michigan. 2015. 

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USA. Calumet, Michigan. 2015. 

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USA. Keokuk, Iowa. 2016. Closed store. 

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USA. Keokuk, Iowa. 2017. Downtown. 

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

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USA. Ironwood, Michigan. 2015. Thrift store. 

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USA. New Haven, Connecticut. 2016. Snowstorm. 

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USA. Flint, Michigan. 2015. 

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USA. Flint, Michigan. 2015. Searching for scrap metal. 

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USA. Flint, Michigan. 2016. Snowfall. 

Matt Black 2019

USA. Madawaska, Maine. 2019. Snowstorm. 
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