Aerial photograph of old rice fields along the Ashepoo River
date: label: Date
content: 2013
name: label: Photograph by
content: David Soliday, American
notes: label: Caption
content: A block of old fields. I was attracted to them for their graphic elements. –Description from photographer, David Soliday.
label: Description
content: A digital aerial photograph of remnant rice fields along a section of the Ashepoo River. A small section of the Ashepoo’s main channel can be seen in the image’s bottom right corner. The adjacent fields, which occupy most of the image, appear greenish brown. A canal flows in a straight line from a tributary at the top of the image to the Ashepoo’s main channel. Secondary canals branch off from this main canal into the fields, creating irregular patterns in the landscape. In the top left and right corners, patches of taller vegetation are visible. There is also an adjacent field in the top right corner that has retained many of its “quarter ditches.”
place: label: Place captured
content: Ashepoo River, Colleton County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Nature
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Rice farming
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: United States History
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Remnants of the Rice Culture
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David Shriver Soliday
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.216.86
objectType: label: Type
content: digital media - born digital
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © David Soliday
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 4912 pixels × 7360 pixels, 206.9 MB