© Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe
Currently not on view
Two Journeys into the Hidden Passage,
2011
Mark Klett, born 1952, Albany, NY; active Tempe, AZ
Byron Wolfe, born 1967, Alamosa, CO; active Philadelphia, PA
Byron Wolfe, born 1967, Alamosa, CO; active Philadelphia, PA
2019-381
In 2011, Klett and Wolfe retraced via boat the route that photographer Eliot Porter (1901–1990) had hiked along the Colorado River, prior to the opening of the Glen Canyon Dam in 1963. The Sierra Club published Porter’s photographs in protest of the environmental effects of the dam, which completely flooded the river’s natural ecosystem. As a result of drought caused by climate change, geological landmarks are again partially visible above the waterline, allowing Klett and Wolfe to identify and photograph some of the same sites Porter had captured. Porter's images span the bottom register, while images from Klett and Wolfe’s journey are shown above—each mapped in relation to the contemporary water level—documenting the destructive impact of human intervention on the natural environment.
Information
Title
Two Journeys into the Hidden Passage
Dates
2011
Maker
Medium
Inkjet print
Dimensions
61 × 299.7 cm (24 × 118 in.)
frame: 71.1 × 284.5 × 5.1 cm (28 × 112 × 2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2019-381
Techniques
The artists; [Etherton Gallery, Tuscon, AZ]; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 2019.
