Mark Power Rumford, Maine, USA. 11.2019
"Even if I know where I'm going I can never predict what I’ll see when I get there, and walking the streets, turning a corner, or making the decision to go left or ri
(...) ght can all lead to unexpected encounters. Some, of course, are more memorable than others.
Recently, while making pictures for my project ‘Good Morning, America’ in New England, I made a detour to Rumford, Maine. I knew a paper mill had been operating in the town for over a century and that it was now under Chinese ownership — acquired the previous year by Nine Dragons Paper Holdings — but I couldn’t have imagined how it would dominate the place.
The steam emanating from the plant blended with the thick, low-lying mist which (fortunately for me) hung about all day, as if the mill was on fire."
– Mark Power © Mark Power | Magnum Photos
