Land and light in the American West

the long version

"Ranging in scale from tree bark to the vast emptiness of the desert Southwest, the photographs in Land and Light in the American West provide a visual integration of landscape and ruin, transcendence and decay, that speaks to the powerful forces of nature and culture at work in the west. John Ward has been photographing the American west since the early 1970s. A devout traditionalist, he has worked exclusively with large-format view cameras and has won acclaim for his imagery and the quality of his master prints."--Jacket.