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The Magazine of Graphic Journalism
The Ghost of Tulare Lake
October 17, 2023
By Carmine Iannaccone
A ghost materialized in California’s Central Valley last winter. Its appearance in this vast farming district was reported by major news outlets around the country, with photojournalists trekking across fields and right up to the edge of a large body of water to take pictures. The images they published did not show a filmy creature rising out of the mist or a pale boat gliding across the lake.
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I think of myself as a field artist: someone who embeds himself in a specific community or a particular history, the better to observe and inquire. Illustrated journalism, paintings, and non-fiction comics flow out of the process, among other things.
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