Killing ground

Description:

"In Killing Ground, John Huddleston embarks on a photographic odyssey through the modern-day landscape of the Civil War. He pairs historical images of the conflict from sixty-two battle sites across the nation - battlefield scenes, soldiers living and dead, prisoners of war, civilians, and slaves - with his own color photographs of the same locations a century and a half later, always taken at the same time of year, often at the same hour of the day. Sometimes Huddleston's lens reveals a department store or fast-food restaurant carelessly built on hallowed ground; other images depict overgrown fields or well-manicured parks. When contrasted with their mid-nineteenth-century counterparts, these indelible images challenge the meaning of place in American culture and the evolving legacy of the Civil War in our national memory."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: United States Civil War, 1861-1865,  Battlefields,  Historic sites,  Social aspects,  Influence,  Social aspects of Landscape,  Landscape,  War and society,  Pictorial works,  History,  Landscapes,  United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, battlefields,  United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, influence

Places: United States

Times: Civil War, 1861-1865