Sean Posey: Documenting the Rust Belt and Beyond

Braddock and John Fetterman

2009-08-11T14:42:00.000-07:00

Here's a link to the recent Rolling Stone article about Fetterman and Braddock.

http://www.spiritandplace.org/spwebResources/pdf/Fetterman%20RS%20article.PDF

LTV Steel Part 1

2009-07-06T13:14:00.000-07:00

Ling-Temco-Vought started as an aerospace/electronics and aircraft firm. In time, it grew to be a massive conglomerate of businesses that was eventually targeted by an anti-trust suit. Subsequently, LTV merged with Jones&Laughlin and the defunct Republic Steel. This new, massive firm was renamed LTV Steel. The company became the third largest steel firm in America; however, gross mismanagement and nimble foreign competition brought down the steel giant. In 2000 LTV went bankrupt and was eventually liquidated.

Youngstown: Descent into Darkness

2009-05-23T15:04:00.000-07:00

This multimedia slide show was my first work on the Youngstown area. I was born in Youngstown the day before “Black Monday”, which was the announcement of the closure of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Works in nearby Campbell. This cataclysmic event marked the beginning of the end for the steel industry in Youngstown. Nearly three decades later I returned and spent many weeks documenting the detritus of a city that was once the second largest steel producer in the country: here are the results of my photographic journey.