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Influenced by late nineteenth-century expeditionary photographers such as Timothy O'Sullivan, who documented the "unexplored" territories of the West, Mark Klett visually explores these landscapes and the marks left on them by man. His images, like O'Sullivan's, have a human context - whether it be the lights of a city, a hat, foot or shadow jutting into the frame, or debris/artifacts left behind by ancient or modern passers-by. Working mostly in the desert Southwest, Klett neither laments the peopling of the landscape nor attempts to visually preserve the last of the pristine landscape of the American West. Rather he explores the inevitable interaction of man with his habitat.
The photographs date from 1987 to 2006, and were made in the deserts of central and southern Arizona. The originals are 16”x20” gelatin silver photographs printed from 4”x5” Polaroid Type 55 instant film negatives. The process of developing the film on-site creates the rough edges around the image margins and these process marks are deliberately included as part of the full negative. The series was originally conceived as saguaro portraits and given the title “Desert Citizens.” For centuries desert people have considered saguaros to be the souls of lost ancestors.
- Creator:Mark Klett (1952, American)
- Dimensions:Height: 20 in (50.8 cm)Width: 16 in (40.64 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Sante Fe, NM
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1342439192
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