Columbia and Western #3
Photograph
1999 (photographed)
1999 (photographed)
| Artist/Maker |
Based in Los Angeles, California, Mark Ruwedel is one of the leading North American landscape photographers of his generation. Educated in the U.S. and Canada, Mark Ruwedel has been photographing the landscapes of the western United States and the Pacific Northwest for nearly forty years. Producing epic cycles of photographs, he concentrates on the historical legacy of westward expansion in North America, whether along the railroads, across landscapes of nuclear experiment, at Pre-Columbian sites, or, most recently, attempts to live in the harsh environment of the desert.
This photograph is from Ruwedel’s major series, Westward: the Course of Empire (1995-2008). In this series, the artist photographed the nineteenth- and early twentieth-century railway lines that cut a path across the landscapes of the American and Canadian West.
This photograph is from Ruwedel’s major series, Westward: the Course of Empire (1995-2008). In this series, the artist photographed the nineteenth- and early twentieth-century railway lines that cut a path across the landscapes of the American and Canadian West.
Object details
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| Title | Columbia and Western #3 (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | gelatin silver prints dry mounted on archival mat board |
| Brief description | Photograph by Mark Ruwedel, 'Columbia and Western #3' from the series 'Westward, the Course of Empire', 1999 |
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| Credit line | American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Richard Morehouse |
| Summary | Based in Los Angeles, California, Mark Ruwedel is one of the leading North American landscape photographers of his generation. Educated in the U.S. and Canada, Mark Ruwedel has been photographing the landscapes of the western United States and the Pacific Northwest for nearly forty years. Producing epic cycles of photographs, he concentrates on the historical legacy of westward expansion in North America, whether along the railroads, across landscapes of nuclear experiment, at Pre-Columbian sites, or, most recently, attempts to live in the harsh environment of the desert. This photograph is from Ruwedel’s major series, Westward: the Course of Empire (1995-2008). In this series, the artist photographed the nineteenth- and early twentieth-century railway lines that cut a path across the landscapes of the American and Canadian West. |
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| Accession number | LOAN:AMERICASFOUNDATION.758-2022 |
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| Record created | May 20, 2022 |
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