A poem about the American experience, inspired by topographic photography and
composed from photographs made between non-contiguous locations along the road
from Iowa to California:		  
   
Homestead to Hiawatha
Pocahantas to Le Mars
Winner to Wounded Knee
Between Interior and Wall
Devil’s Tower to Jackson Hole		 Acme to Emblem
The Road to Atomic City
Fruitland to Stinking Water Pass
Wagontire to Weed		  
   
Homestead to Hiawatha Pocahantas to Le Mars Winner to Woundad Knee
Between Interior and Wall Devil's Tower to Jackson Hole Acme to Emblem
The Road to Atomic City Fruitland to Stinking Water Pass Wagontire to Weed
Click a small triptych above to see it enlarged below.
 
 

1. The photographs were made between the locations named in the titles.
2. The photographs were made of non-contiguous roadside views and aligned later.
3. The photographs were made in 1976, the American Bicentennial year.
4. The photographs were first printed in 1984, the year of the projected Orwellian apocalypse.

The Road to Weed triptychs (1984) were originally comprised of 10"x10" silver-gelatin prints. Overall size: 10"×31".
Triptychs are now presented as contiguous digital-pigment prints. Overall size: 11"×34" or 20"×61".