Ruwedel, Mark, 1954- photographer.

Message from the exterior / Mark Ruwedel.

First edition.

[London] : MACK, [2016]
©2016

1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 31 cm

Message from the Exterior explores the ruins and remains of failed attempts to live in the desert's harsh environments, depicting abandoned houses--small, often eccentric huts, both humorous and a little forlorn. Ruwedel examines the desert regions east of Los Angeles as a palimpsest of cultural and natural histories, presenting an inventory of a particular, and poignant, form of vernacular architecture; each structure might be read as a clue to the lives of anonymous individuals, and the impulse to create a home in the wilderness, however transitory. The first section, 'Desert Houses', comprises 68 desert structures, while the second section "Dusk" presents houses photographed after the sun had disappeared over the horizon, now rendered in subdued, dusky tones that suggest both present and absence, and the weight of isolation.

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Ruwedel, Mark, 1954-
Ruwedel, Mark 1954-
Abandoned houses California Los Angeles Pictorial works.
Abandoned buildings California Los Angeles Pictorial works.
Photography, Artistic 21st century.
Maisons abandonnées Californie Los Angeles Ouvrages illustrés.
Constructions abandonnées Californie Los Angeles Ouvrages illustrés.
Photographie artistique 21e siècle.
Abandoned houses
Abandoned buildings
Photography, Artistic
Schwarzweißfotografie
Verlassenes Haus
California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Calif.

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Illustrated works
Livres de photographies.

Location: Library main 294193
Call No.: BIB 239579
Status: Available