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Running from the Bering Sea to the Strait of Magellan along the main ranges of the Rocky Mountains and the Andes, the Continental Divide is the largest watershed in the Americas. Henry Wessel crisscrossed this natural barrier thirty-four times by car, photographing its changing landscape. On his way, he sometimes stopped and took photographs of house fronts, shacks, street corners, and of the highway seen through the windscreen, ending somewhere beyond the horizon. We accompany Wessel on this road-trip that reflects the gradual environmental change from inhabited grounds to austere landscapes, and are reminded of the inherent aesthetics of the everyday. Its literal description evokes feelings that cumulatively connect to establish an experience.
(Author portrait)
Henry Wessel was born in New Jersey in 1942. He has been awarded two Guggenheim fellowships and three fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. His work is held in the permanent collections of major American, European and Asian museums. Wessel has worked with Steidl on seven previous publications of his work. Henry Wessel has exhibited extensively, including solo exhibitions at The Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.
