Fence in Joe Minter's yard

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    Photo: William Arnett, 1997
Description

Fence constructed of charred wood planks, between Joe Minter's property and an adjacent cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama. "The burned wood is like the burnt tablets of Moses. They go from the Old Testament to the New. It looks like the graveyard of an old western town" —Joe Minter