Resource October 28, 2015

Meet the Journalist: Matt Black

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The Geography of Poverty is a digital documentary project that combines geotagged photographs with...

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Shuttered train terminal in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Population is 261,310 and 30.7% live below the poverty level. Image by Matt Black. United States, 2015.

The Geography of Poverty is a digital documentary project by photographer Matt Black combining geotagged photographs with census data to create a modern portrait of American poverty. Black talks about his effort to explore and document contemporary poverty and growing income inequality in the United States.

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