Burnaway

In this theme story, Elena Peterman, Will Warasila and Junior Walk take on Twilight III, the surface mine owned by Lexington Coal Company in Boone County, West Virginia.

Upon entering Deering Estate’s illuminated nightscape, guests were greeted with a survey of from the Department of Reflection. They asked “How do you feel about climate change?” If you didn’t answer “alarmed” at the start of the night, you certainly would by night’s end. 

Bryn Evans, Burnaway's Assistant Editor, has won a Rabkin Prize for her work in visual arts journalism from the Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation. She is the third winner from Burnaway's masthead.