Artworks · Joel Sternfeld

Leonard Knight at Salvation Mountain, Slab City, California, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2005 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

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Lake Tuendae, Zzyzx Springs, California, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2005 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

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Twelve Tribes Community, Basin Farms, Bellow Falls, Vermont, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2005 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.4 × 33.1 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/16 in.); 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

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Heathcote Community, Freeland, Maryland, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2005 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

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Prairie Crossing, Grayslake, Illinois, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2005 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

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City Farm, Clybourn and Cleveland Avenues, Chicago, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2005 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.8 × 35.4 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.)

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Homecoming Day, Nicodemus, Kansas, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2005 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

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Sonora Cohousing, Tuscon, Arizona, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2005 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 1/16 in.)

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Robin Hood Estates, Smythe Avenue, San Ysidro, California, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2005 · Chromogenic print

26.5 × 33.2 (image); 27.9 × 35.5 cm (paper)

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Elias Rive at Camphill Village, USA, Copake, New York, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2005 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

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Shaker Village, Sabbathday Lake, Maine, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2005 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

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Community Center, Mason's Bend, Alabama, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2005 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.4 × 33.1 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/16 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.4 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.)

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Arcadia Cohousing, Carrboro, North Carolina, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2005 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

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Surreal Estates, Sacramento, California, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2005 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

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Mormon Temple, Nauvoo, Illinois, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2005 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

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New Elm Springs Colony, Ethan, South Dakota, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2005 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.4 × 33.1 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/16 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.4 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.)

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Grooming the grounds for a Bar Mitzvah/Baptism, Twelve Tribes Community, Basin Farm, Bellows Falls, Vermont, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2005 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.4 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.)

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Sister Miriam in front of her Straw Bale Home, Genesis Farm, Blairstown, New Jersey, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2005 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

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Andy Wilson, Evelyn Edson, Tom and Ruth Klippstein at Springtree Commune, Scottsville, Virginia, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2005 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 1/16 in.)

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May Pole, Short Mountain Sanctuary, Liberty, Tennessee, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2005 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

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Queen of the Prom, the Range Nightclub, Slab City, California, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2005 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

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N Street Cohousing, Davis, California, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2005 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.4 × 33.1 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/16 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.4 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.)

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Liz Christy Garden, Bowery and Houston Streets, New York City, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2005 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

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Piedmont Biofuels, Pittsboro, North Carolina, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2005 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

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Milagro Cohousing, Tucson, Arizona, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2005 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

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Garden Roof, City Hall, Chicago, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2005 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

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Roosevelt Public School, Roosevelt, New Jersey, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experiemental Utopias in America"

2005 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

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An Earthship at Earthaven Ecovillage, Black Mountain, North Carolina, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2005 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

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A Male Pistachio Tree in Bloom, Village Homes, Davis, California, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2005 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.1 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/16 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

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"Learning" by Jean Charlot, Camp Rockmount, Black Mountain, North Carolina, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2005 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.1 × 33 cm (10 5/16 × 13 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 1/16 in.)

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Tolstoy Farm, Davenport, Washington, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in American"

2004 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.4 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.4 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.)

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Acorn Community, Mineral, Virginia, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2004 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

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Fruitlands, Harvard, Massachusetts, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2004 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

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Pioneer Valley Cohousing, Amherst, Massachusetts, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2004 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

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Jyoti Kokui-Bhatt and Seth Williams at Appel Farm Restoration Project, a commune in formation with Huw "Piper" Williams, founder of Tolstoy Farm, Edwall, Washington, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2004 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

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US Post Office, Seaside, Florida, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2004 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 1/16 in.)

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Rabbi Chaim Adelman at Eratz HaChaim, Sunderland, Massachusetts, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2004 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 1/16 in.)

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Sirius Community during a break in a Paths of Awakening weekend retreat with Mirabai Devi, Shutesbury, Massachusetts, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2004 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.4 × 33.1 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/16 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.4 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.)

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Alpha Farm, Deadwood, Oregon, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2004 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

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Dacha/Staff Building, Gesundheit! Institute, Hillsboro, West Virginia, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2004 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.4 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

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Lost Valley Education Center, Dexter, Oregon, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2004 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 28 × 35.5 cm (11 1/16 × 14 in.)

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Light of Truth Universal Shrine (LOTUS), Yogaville, Buckingham, Virginia, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2004 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.4 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

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A Rocket Stove Development Workshop, Aprovecho Research Center, Cottage Grove, Oregon, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2004 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

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Albert Bates next to a Dry Composting Toilet at the Farm Ecovillage, Summertown, Tennessee, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2003 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 28 × 35.6 cm (11 1/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

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The Farm, Summertown, Tennessee, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2003 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

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Ken Robson's Christmas Tree, from the series "Walking the High Line"

2001 · Chromogenic print

Image: 102.5 × 128.9 cm (40 3/8 × 50 3/4 in.); Paper: 103.9 × 137.2 cm (40 15/16 × 54 1/16 in.)

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Twin Oaks, Louisa, Virginia, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2000 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.5 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

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Recreated Bark Longhouse, Ganondagan Historic Site, New York, from the series "Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America"

2000 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.4 × 33.2 cm (10 7/16 × 13 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.4 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.)

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