Dotter Photo of Coal Miner, misused by Russians – in Mueller Report
2016 Trump-Pence Election Poster Was Published in the Recently-Released Mueller Report. It Is the only Mueller Report Visual Exhibit of Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election. I first learned of this photo’s misuse by the Russian Internet Research Agency from Howard Berkes at NPR. Previously a friend employed at the Federal Mine Safety Review Commission saw the Trump poster online after the election. They were the first to let me know of this improper use of my photo of Lee Hipshire a black lung victim who died at age 57 in 1987 and lived in Logan County, WV. The link to my coal miner photos posted on NPR– that have supported Howard Berkes’ black lung reporting is one likely source of the hacked image, the other source is my...
The Poet Laureate of American Workers
Grondahl: ‘Poet laureate’ of American workers bringing photo exhibit By Paul Grondahl Tuesday, April 9, 2019 ALBANY — Earl Dotter understands as well as anyone the hazards faced by workers who perform the five most dangerous jobs in America: logging, commercial fishing, airline piloting, roofing and trash hauling. He has stood alongside loggers wielding roaring chainsaws and felling massive Douglas fir trees in Washington state forests. In winter, he has straddled the heaving, icy deck of a large commercial stern trawler in the storm-tossed North Atlantic off the coast of Maine. He’s also been given extraordinary access with his camera behind the scenes on airport tarmacs, on commercial roofing projects and shadowing trash collectors...
In Our Blood, Four Coal Mining Families
Earl Dotter and Matt Witt’s 1979 book about Coal Miners: In Our Blood, Four Coal Mining Families, published by The Highlander Center may be viewed and read now on Google Books.
Pictures That Speak
Posted February 18, 2019 – For viewers of this site: Please note the Stansbury Forum just published my illustrated feature article, Pictures That Speak, delving into my photo work history and the motivation behind my images.
Life’s Work Reviewed
Posted February 18, 2019 – My new book: LIFE’S WORK, A Fifty Year Photographic Chronicle of Working in the U.S.A. was recently reviewed by Janet Zandy in the current issue of the Journal of Working-Class Studies.