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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
California Historical Society
Title: Mark Ruwedel photographs
Creator:
Ruwedel, Mark, 1954-
Identifier/Call Number: PC 042
Physical Description:
4.44 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1996-2006
Language of Material: Collection materials are in
English.
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Mark Ruwedel was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on June 11, 1954. He is a landscape
photographer, with much of his work documenting the American West and the California desert
region. Ruwedel is a Professor of Art at California State University, Long Beach.
[Identification of item, date]; Mark Ruwedel photographs, PC 042; [Box number, folder
number]; California Historical Society.
Collection comprises seven, black and white, gelatin silver print photographs taken by Mark
Ruwedel between 1996 and 2006. One photograph,
Death Valley
#16
(2001) shows an abandoned railroad trestle in Death Valley, California. The
other prints in this collection are from Ruwedel's
Desert
Sidings
series, including Bagdad (1996); Pisgah (1996); Klondike (1996); Siberia
(1996); Essex (2002); and Cadiz (2006). These images show various locations in the Mojave
Desert, San Bernardino County, California. The photographs are part of Ruwedel's larger
series,
Westward the Course of Empire and were featured in
the California Historical Society's 2019 exhibition of the same name.
Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection,
created by Mark Ruwedel, was not transferred to the California Historical Society (CHS).
Permission for reproduction or publication of materials in this collection beyond that
allowed by fair use must be secured from the copyright holder.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Deserts -- California -- Pictorial works
Railroads -- California -- Pictorial works
Trestles -- California -- Pictorial works
Gelatin silver prints