Barringer Meteorite Crater #1, 2007
Trump Tower, Las Vega, 2007
Death Valley (with vehicle), 2007
Arizona Cattle Ranch, 2007
Las Vegas (with brassiere, refrigerator & fax machine), 2007
Las Vegas Truck Stop, 2007
Las Vegas (double palms), 2007
California, Palms, 2007
Las Vegas, Cranes, 2007
Taming Horses: photographs of America
"Neither the desert nor gambling are open arenas; their spaces are finite and concentric, increasing in intensity toward the interior, toward a central point, be it the spirit of gambling or the heart of the desert – a privileged, immemorial space, where things lose their shadow… "
Jean Baudrillard, America; Desert Forever, 1986
Taming Horses is the outcome of a road trip from Los Angeles to Austin and back; a journey of insight, excess and simulation. At first glance the Meteor Crater at Winslow seems like a mural, but it is actually a hole in the wall that lays out a view of the surrounding desert. In 1982 the same "view" was photographed by Richard Misrach when it was a mere tourist car park. Misrachs's image is a classic study of the interplay of nature and culture. My photograph of the same location has the inclusion of tourists interacting with the spatial illusion: some admiring the empty space and some photographing each other in front of it. [Read More]