Stonecutter
Location(s)
Town: Downsville, New York
County: Delaware County
Names of people involved:
David Homovich
David Homovich has worked in the Bluestone mining industry in Downsville, New York, as an independent quarryman his entire life. Despite working alone in a quarry that isn’t producing quality stone, he still continues to practice this esoteric trade like his forefathers have done since the early 1900s.
Artist Bio
Jake Brown Homovich ( b. 1990) is an American visual journalist and documentary videographer co-based between the United States and China. His work focuses on telling the story of community through short and long-term documentary projects. He is a graduate of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies at the Maine College of Art & Design and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Geography from the University of Albany, New York. He is currently based in Upstate New York.