Yossi Milo Gallery 245 Tenth Avenue 10001 New York États-Unis
Mark Ruwedel photographs the sites of 19th and 20th century railroad lines in the American and Canadian West using a large-format view camera. The detailed gelatin silver prints record the ruins of abandoned railway networks as well as evidence of the industries that moved in after the decline of the railroad. In the tradition of the New Topographics, Mr. Ruwedel acts as an archivist, cataloging the effects of past usage on the current landscape.
Mark Ruwedel was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1954. His photographs are held in the collections of The J. Paul Getty Museum; U.S. Library of Congress; Metropolitan Museum of Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. The book Westward the Course of Empire was published by Yale University Art Gallery in 2008. Mr. Ruwedel currently teaches at California State University, Long Beach, CA.