A Photographic Look at the New American West (Exhibition : 2008)
The images in this work of photofiction are a visual commentary on the contemporary American West and what Morris called "the transient ruins of [his] own culture." Architecture or other signs of man populate each photograph, yet all are devoid of...
A Photographic Look at the New American West (Exhibition : 2008)
Adams' timeless photographs suggest the sublime grandeur of the American Western landscape. He was passionate about land conservation and a long-time board member of the Sierra Club, which utilized many of his images in their promotional and...
A Photographic Look at the New American West (Exhibition : 2008)
Lee Friedlander has focused on a rich variety of subjects during his career, often working on a series of images that become joined into a book. A native of the Pacific Northwest, in 1990 Friedlander turned to pure landscape photography of the...
A Photographic Look at the New American West (Exhibition : 2008)
Robert Adams has spent much of his career photographing the American West. An early proponent of the new topographics movement, Adams' approach to photography considers man's intervention in the modern landscape. This work, which takes the Missouri...
A Photographic Look at the New American West (Exhibition : 2008)
The receipt of a 1937 Guggenheim fellowship afforded Weston the opportunity to return to his long-held interest in landscape photography, particularly of the American West. Weston summarized his highly personal aims for this genre in his statement...
A Photographic Look at the New American West (Exhibition : 2008)
German installation artist Lothar Baumgarten’s work often has an anthropological bent. With this work, in both the original installation format and then as an artist’s book, Baumgarten uses the graphic logos of various rail companies and...
