Blythe, CA, irrigation canal Photograph - Limited Edition of 50

In the early 2000s, I took trips through parts of the Southwest—mainly California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado—to photograph bodies of water for a series I came to call "Western Waters." I was mostly interested in unglamorous water like ditches, small reservoirs, and irrigation canals, as well as creeks and rivers where they passed through urban areas. Almost the entire western part of the United States depends on these unobtrusive waterways, as well as the even less visible systems of pipes and pumps that move fantastic amounts of water from the mountains to the cities. I photographed every site with the expectation of later stitching the images into a panorama. As its title suggests, this particular panorama was made in the small city of Blythe, which sits on the border of California and Arizona, straddling the Colorado River. It was one of those hot, dry summer days when all life seems to have been sucked away except for a few sparse weeds. While I was photographing this site, I began to feel as if it could never change, and that I too might be there forever, gradually slowing down until I turned to concrete myself. This panorama was composed of half a dozen individual images, with the black-line dividers placed to punctuate the visual rhythm of the piece and create five smaller sub-images. Each asks a different question about the site, such as: what might it look like at sunset, or a million years ago, or under the influence of a fever? Limited edition of 50.

Photography:Color on Paper

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:50

Size:40 W x 9 H x 0.1 D in

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