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CONSIDERING THE TOLL IN LIVES lost and shortened by disease, America's workplaces have indeed created a quiet sickness in which the individual tragedies are largely unseen by the public. Far too many workers of all descriptions experience a quiet sickness within their own bodies as the cumulative effect of long-term exposure to toxic chemicals and carcinogens finally manifests itself. Mr. Dotter first encountered what was to become the inspiration for this book's title in a humble textile mill community in Greenville, South Carolina. As it turned out, the village's cotton mill workers had contracted Brown Lung disease as a consequence of exposure to cotton dust while on the job at the local mill. Byssinosis victims cannot usually sleep through the night due to constant coughing brought on by the disease. The community had these signs erected to help victims rest at any time of day.
The images in this book and traveling exhibit are a 25-year chronicle of the individual cost in health and lives lost by those who perform essential but often unnecessarily hazardous tasks to make the U.S. economy one of the most productive and profitable in the world. Dotter brings to these photographs a sense of compassion expressed simply in the credo: "I feel rage when people are not properly treated. I want my photographs to convey the intensity of feeling that I experience." The images in this volume are visual evidence of what he so deeply believes. Published by AIHA Press Format: 9-1/2 inches x 10-1/2 inches, 172 pages, 100 lb. dull coated paper, 150 varnished duotones, with dust jacket. Photography Subjects
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Cornell Capa, Naomi Rosenblum, Photohistorian and Author of A World History of Photography, Abbeville Press David C. Christiani, MD, MPH, Director, Occupational Health Program, Harvard School of Public Health
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(TX43-F26-78)
