Mark Ruwedel (b. 1954, American, Canadian citizen) has become one of Canada’s most respected landscape photographers during a career spanning three decades. Working primarily in the western territories of the United States and Canada, Ruwedel documents traces and imprints of human activity on the earth. He describes the process as “an inquiry into the histories, cultural and natural, of places that reveal the land as both a field of human endeavour and an agent of historical processes.
The Hanford Stretch: Breaking Camp, 1992-93.The Hanford Stretch: 100 D and DR Areas (Deer), 1992-93.
Los Alamos, NM
Los Alamos: The Secret on the Hill, 1993.
Wendover, UT
Wendover AFB: Little Boy Type Bomb Casing, 1999.Crater #7 1999, printed 2008 Mark Ruwedel born 1954 Purchased with funds provided by the Photography Acquisitions Committee 2011 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/P79997Crater #5 1999, printed 2008 Mark Ruwedel born 1954 Purchased with funds provided by the Photography Acquisitions Committee 2011 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/P79995Crater #6 1999, printed 2008 Mark Ruwedel born 1954 Purchased with funds provided by the Photography Acquisitions Committee 2011 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/P79996Crater #1 1999, printed 2008 Mark Ruwedel born 1954 Purchased with funds provided by the Photography Acquisitions Committee 2011 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/P79991Crater #4 1999, printed 2008 Mark Ruwedel born 1954 Purchased with funds provided by the Photography Acquisitions Committee 2011 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/P79994
Trinity, NM and Nevada Test Site
McDonald Ranch Plutonium Assembly Room, Trinity, NMNevada Test Site: The Witnesses, 1995.
Mark Ruwedel (b. 1954, American, Canadian citizen) has become one of Canada’s most respected landscape photographers during a career spanning three decades. Working primarily in the western territories of the United States and Canada, Ruwedel documents traces and imprints of human activity on the earth. He describes the process as “an inquiry into the histories, cultural and natural, of places that reveal the land as both a field of human endeavour and an agent of historical processes.
