Faculty member Ken Hassell and his photographs of coal miners and their community were featured on WRAL-TV's July 27 newscasts. Details...
Ken Hassell’s photographs of Appalachian coal miners and a coal mining community were featured on the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. WRAL-TV news in Raleigh July 27. The news story was aired in conjunction with Hassell’s exhibition at the Chapel Hill Arts Commission and the rescue of miners in Pennsylvania. Several images from the exhibition were shown on the broadcast, along with a brief interview with the artist.
Hassell teaches photography in the Art Department at Elon. He will take a sabbatical this fall to pursue photography, oral history and research in the coal mining region of Southwestern Virginia.