Caption by photographer (Andrews): The baler replaced the more traditional "sheeting" method, producing an 850-pound bale of tobacco. Image is part of "Thirteen-Month Crop: One Year in the Life of a Piedmont Virginia Tobacco Farm," which documents the Moore family farm in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Andrews spent a year photographing the people on the farm, their work, and related activities during one tobacco season between April 2000 and April 2001.
The Jesse Andrews photographs were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a purchase in 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2011.
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131 photos from several of Andrews’ projects, including portraits from North Carolina, Virginia, and New York City; and photographs of Halifax and Pittsylvania counties.
