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Underbelly

Every city has a side it doesn’t flaunt. Providence’s runs along its port and waterfront — an industrial landscape of freighters, metal recyclers, storage tanks, and the working lives that sustain the city from its edges. The noise, dust, and pollution that press against the neighborhoods of South Providence are evidence of a friction between urban need and human cost. These photographs look closely at that space: the concrete and steel, the rust and grit, the collisions of industry and life.

Image of a large tanker tied up to the petrolem offloading facility.
Image of the chainlink fence and RESTRICTED AREA sign surrounding the petroleum tank yard.
Image looing into the petroleum storage tank farm on Allens Ave.
Image of a spiral stair case on the side of a petroleum storage tank.
Image of a Providence and Worcester Railroad train of scrap metal headed to the recycling plants nearby.
Shot of a chainlink fence, a no parking sign and an American flag.
Image of a wind turbine with a cement dust storage tank behind.
Exterior shot of an Intimates (sex toys or aids) retail store.
Image of the Bull Pen a retail store with private viewing "arcade", novelties and enhancements.
Image of a half-shell plastic package for a dildo thrown along Allens Ave.
Image of a Trojan Magnum codom package on the sidewalk.
Image looking up from under the I-195 overpass to a billboard reading SIZE MATTERS.
A photo taken looking south past the Desire Gentleman's Club to downtown Providence.
Image of the corner of Thurbers and Allens streets, with the wind turbines in the background.
Image of a asphalt debris dump.
Image of the equipment yard of a paving contractor.
Image of lettering on the side of a large holding tank that read's NO SMOKING HAZARDOUS WASTE!
Image of a Kubota Front End Loader headed up a large rock salt pile.
Image of dump trucks dumping salt on a large salt "hill."
Shot of a electic grid routing station.
Image of the smokestacks of RI Energy's South Street Landing power generating plant seen through the I-195 overpasses.
Photo of a sunken steam crane sticking up out of the river with two Mute Swans swimming in front of it.
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