Westward the Course of Empire

Mark Ruwedel
Westward the Course of Empire

Mark Ruwedel (b. 1954) has photographed the American West for the past twenty-five years, revealing the narratives—both geological and human—contained within the landscape. This stunning book presents more than 70 prints from Ruwedel’s ongoing series Westward the Course of Empire, an inventory of the residual landforms created by the scores of railroads built in the American and Canadian West since 1869.

Westward the Course of Empire
Mark Ruwedel
Yale University Art Gallery;
2008
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