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Mark Klett Landscape Photography

American, b. 1952

The subject of Mark Klett’s photography is the vast Western landscape and its visual interpretations. He is particularly interested in exposing the effects of time, culture, history and human activity on the landscape and developed the technique of rephotographing to achieve this. 

From 1977–79, Klett was the chief photographer for the Rephotographic Survey Project that reshot, from the same physical location, iconic views of the West by early geological survey photographers who were working in the 1860s. The pairing of these historical and contemporary images of the same landscapes revealed the technical, political and aesthetic decisions made by the 19th century photographers and exposed the ideologies underpinning these supposed neutral images. 

Klett’s later photography has focused on quintessential destinations such as the Grand Canyon, Cedar Mesa, Yellowstone, and the US/Mexico Border. Referencing visual culture, social science and the language of photography, Klett demonstrates how our perception of the West is shaped by the history of its representation and the role of humans in it, even in its most remote areas.

Klett has an MFA in photography from the State University of New York, Buffalo, and a B.S. in geology from St. Lawrence University. He has published over 15 books and shown his work internationally for over 35 years. Klett has received four National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships as well as numerous awards from the likes of the Guggenheim Foundation, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, and the Japan/US Friendship Commission. He is Regents Professor of Art at Arizona State University, where he has taught since 1982.

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(Biography provided by Lisa Sette Gallery)

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Artist: Mark Klett
8 Minutes at Glacier Point

8 Minutes at Glacier Point

By Mark Klett

Located in Sante Fe, NM

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...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Mark Klett Landscape Photography

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Inkjet

Moran and Condor

Moran and Condor

By Mark Klett

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Using landscape photography to reflect on broader notions of culture, the passage of time, and the construction of perception, photographers Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe spent five years exploring the Grand Canyon for their most recent project, Reconstructing the View. The team's landscape photographs are based on the practice of rephotography, in which they identify sites of historic photographs and make new photographs of those precise locations. Klett and Wolfe referenced a wealth of images of the canyon, ranging from historical photographs and drawings by William Bell and William Henry Holmes...

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2010s Contemporary Mark Klett Landscape Photography

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Archival Pigment

Ed Abbey in Turkey Pen Ruins, Grand Gulch, UT, 5/17/88

Ed Abbey in Turkey Pen Ruins, Grand Gulch, UT, 5/17/88

By Mark Klett

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Photographer Mark Klett is best known for cool, impersonal images of desert landscapes in the American Southwest, taken from a similar vantage points and under similar lighting conditions as 19th-century photographs by the likes of seminal surveyors William Henry Jackson and Timothy O’Sullivan. These photos consider changes in landscape, history, culture, aesthetics, technology, representation, and perception. Klett has collaborated with several artists, including Byron Wolfe...

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1980s Contemporary Mark Klett Landscape Photography

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Inkjet

Lee's Ferry Rocks

Lee's Ferry Rocks

By Mark Klett

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Using landscape photography to reflect on broader notions of culture, the passage of time, and the construction of perception, photographers Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe spent five years exploring the Grand Canyon for their most recent project, Reconstructing the View. The team's landscape photographs are based on the practice of rephotography, in which they identify sites of historic photographs and make new photographs of those precise locations. Klett and Wolfe referenced a wealth of images of the canyon, ranging from historical photographs and drawings by William Bell and William Henry Holmes...

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From El Tovar to Yavapai

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Using landscape photography to reflect on broader notions of culture, the passage of time, and the construction of perception, photographers Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe spent five years exploring the Grand Canyon for their most recent project, Reconstructing the View. The team's landscape photographs are based on the practice of rephotography, in which they identify sites of historic photographs and make new photographs of those precise locations. Klett and Wolfe referenced a wealth of images of the canyon, ranging from historical photographs and drawings by William Bell and William Henry Holmes...

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Above Lake Tenaya

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Early 2000s Contemporary Mark Klett Landscape Photography

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Inkjet

Dirt bike loop, west of Henryville, Utah, 4/18/91

Dirt bike loop, west of Henryville, Utah, 4/18/91

By Mark Klett

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Photographer Mark Klett is best known for cool, impersonal images of desert landscapes in the American Southwest, taken from a similar vantage points and under similar lighting conditions as 19th-century photographs by the likes of seminal surveyors William Henry Jackson and Timothy O’Sullivan. These photos consider changes in landscape, history, culture, aesthetics, technology, representation, and perception. Klett has collaborated with several artists, including Byron Wolfe...

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1990s Contemporary Mark Klett Landscape Photography

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Inkjet

Drinking water from a pothole downstream from Uranium mine, 5/23/92

Drinking water from a pothole downstream from Uranium mine, 5/23/92

By Mark Klett

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Photographer Mark Klett is best known for cool, impersonal images of desert landscapes in the American Southwest, taken from a similar vantage points and under similar lighting condi...

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1990s Contemporary Mark Klett Landscape Photography

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Inkjet

Balancing rocks, road to Lee's Ferry Marble Canyon, AZ, 5/10/86

Balancing rocks, road to Lee's Ferry Marble Canyon, AZ, 5/10/86

By Mark Klett

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Photographer Mark Klett is best known for cool, impersonal images of desert landscapes in the American Southwest, taken from a similar vantage points and under similar lighting conditions as 19th-century photographs by the likes of seminal surveyors William Henry Jackson...

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1980s Contemporary Mark Klett Landscape Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Lena by reflecting pool, Muley Pt., 7/14/96

Lena by reflecting pool, Muley Pt., 7/14/96

By Mark Klett

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Photographer Mark Klett is best known for cool, impersonal images of desert landscapes in the American Southwest, taken from a similar vantage points and under similar lighting conditions as 19th-century photographs by the likes of seminal surveyors William Henry Jackson and Timothy O’Sullivan. These photos consider changes in landscape, history, culture, aesthetics, technology, representation, and perception. Klett has collaborated with several artists, including Byron Wolfe...

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1990s Contemporary Mark Klett Landscape Photography

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Inkjet

Self Portrait with Saguaro About My Same Age

Self Portrait with Saguaro About My Same Age

By Mark Klett

Located in New York, NY

Platinum print (Edition of 100) Titled and dated in pencil, recto Signed and dated in pencil, verso 10 x 12 inches, sheet size 8 x 10 inches, image size This artwork is offered by...

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1990s Contemporary Mark Klett Landscape Photography

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Platinum

Kyle looking at a bird's nest, Little Death Hollow, 5/15/96

Kyle looking at a bird's nest, Little Death Hollow, 5/15/96

By Mark Klett

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Photographer Mark Klett is best known for cool, impersonal images of desert landscapes in the American Southwest, taken from a similar vantage points and under similar lighting conditions as 19th-century photographs by the likes of seminal surveyors William Henry Jackson...

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1990s Contemporary Mark Klett Landscape Photography

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Gun found in drifting sand, Kelso, CA, 1/22/87

Gun found in drifting sand, Kelso, CA, 1/22/87

By Mark Klett

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Photographer Mark Klett is best known for cool, impersonal images of desert landscapes in the American Southwest, taken from a similar vantage points and under similar lighting conditions as 19th-century photographs by the likes of seminal surveyors William Henry Jackson and Timothy O’Sullivan. These photos consider changes in landscape, history, culture, aesthetics, technology, representation, and perception. Klett has collaborated with several artists, including Byron Wolfe...

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1980s Contemporary Mark Klett Landscape Photography

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Lake Tenaya Panorama

Lake Tenaya Panorama

By Mark Klett

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Influenced by late nineteenth-century expeditionary photographers such as Timothy O'Sullivan, who documented the "unexplored" territories of the West, Mark Klett visually explores th...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Mark Klett Landscape Photography

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Inkjet

Panorama of a Ghost River

Panorama of a Ghost River

By Mark Klett

Located in Sante Fe, NM

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...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Mark Klett Landscape Photography

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Marbel Canyon with Holmes

Marbel Canyon with Holmes

By Mark Klett

Located in Sante Fe, NM

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2010s Contemporary Mark Klett Landscape Photography

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Bullet Riddled Saguaro

Bullet Riddled Saguaro

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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...

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20th Century Contemporary Mark Klett Landscape Photography

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Under the Dark Cloth

Under the Dark Cloth

By Mark Klett

Located in Sante Fe, NM

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...

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20th Century Contemporary Mark Klett Landscape Photography

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Desert Citizen

Mark KlettDesert Citizen

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Desert Citizen

By Mark Klett

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Influenced by late nineteenth-century expeditionary photographers such as Timothy O'Sullivan, who documented the "unexplored" territories of the West, Mark Klett visually explores th...

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20th Century Contemporary Mark Klett Landscape Photography

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Beneath the Great Arch, Near Monticello, Utah

Beneath the Great Arch, Near Monticello, Utah

By Mark Klett

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Influenced by late nineteenth-century expeditionary photographers such as Timothy O'Sullivan, who documented the "unexplored" territories of the West, Mark Klett visually explores th...

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20th Century Contemporary Mark Klett Landscape Photography

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