Title:
Delta Blues: Isleton in the Great Recession
Creator/Contributor:
Thompson, Kirk, creator, photographer.
Abstract:
Portfolio of documentary views of Isleton, Calif., illustrating the impact of the Great Recession financial crisis on the
Sacramento River Delta Region as contrasted with pre-recession views of the area. Portfolio is divided into seven sections:
"River" (scenes of residential life along the Sacramento River), "Levee" (scenes taken along the aging levees that protect
Isleton from rising Delta waters, with an emphasis on the homes and other structures vulnerable to flooding), "Old Town" (older
structures of Isleton, many in desrepair), "Home" (residences, including houses, apartment buildings, recreational vehicles
and trailers), "Dream" (home construction and other evidence of new development, including billboard signs for Village on
the Delta housing community), "Boom" (views of expensive vehicles among Isleton's commercial district and residences; renovation
of older buildings; local chamber of commerce; new river docks) and "Bust" (closed businesses, empty billboards, "for sale"
and "for rent" signs, unfinished new homes and abandoned construction sites). Portfolio also includes various printed inserts,
including the photographer's interpretation of the history of real estate development in Isleton, and an appendix containing
the 2006 article "Isleton: Delta Blues", by Glen Martin, reprinted from the San Francisco Chronicle.
Date:
2001 (issued)
Subject:
n-us-ca
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009
Real estate development -- California -- Isleton -- Photographs
Isleton (Calif.) -- Photographs
Delta Region (Calif.) -- Photographs
California -- Delta Region
California -- Isleton
Note:
Title printed on insert.
All prints signed and dated by photographer: Kirk Thompson.
Portfolio includes printed inserts: portfolio title sheet, 3 sheets of introductory text, contents summary sheet, title sheets
for each section, and 2 appendix sheets.
Delta Blues : Isleton in the Great Recession, BANC PIC 2020.095, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphic
Photographs.
Digital prints-Color.
Physical Description:
photoprint
53 photographs in 1 box : color digital prints ; sheets 44 x 56 cm
Language:
English
Origin:
California