Oil Fields #19ab
Belridge, California, USA, 2003
Oil Fields #2
Belridge, California, USA, 2003
Oil Fields #27
Bakersfield, California, USA, 2004
Alberta Oil Sands #10
Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, 2007
Alberta Oil Sands #9
Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, 2007
Alberta Oil Sands #2
Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, 2007
Alberta Oil Sands #6
Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, 2007
Oil Fields #22
Cold Lake Alberta, Canada, 2001
Oil Tanker and Refineries
Pasadena, Texas, USA, 2004
Oil Refineries #34
Houston, Texas, USA, 2004
Oil Refineries #15
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, 1999
Oil Refineries #23
Oakville, Ontario, Canada, 1999
Oil Refineries #3
Oakville, Ontario, Canada, 1999
Oil Refineries #22
St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, 1999
Breezewood
Pennsylvania, USA, 2008
Highway #1
Los Angeles, California, USA, 2003
Nanpu Bridge Interchange
Shanghai, China, 2004
Highway #5
Los Angeles, California, USA, 2009
Suburbs #1
North Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 2007
Industrial Park
North Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 2007
VW Lot #1
Houston, Texas, USA, 2004
Kiss Concert Parking Area
Sturgis, South Dakota, USA, 2008
Trucker’s Jamboree #1
Walcott, Iowa, USA, 2003
Talladega Speedway #1
Birmingham, Alabama, USA, 2009
Bonneville #1
Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA, 2008
Fisher Body Plant #1
Detroit, Michigan, USA, 2008
Ford’s Highland Park Plant #1, Loading Corridor
Detroit, Michigan, USA, 2008
Ford’s Highland Park Plant #2, Assembly Line Corridor
Detroit, Michigan, USA, 2008
Packard Plant #1
Detroit, Michigan, USA, 2008
Packard Plant #2
Detroit, Michigan, USA, 2008
Dana Frame Plant #1
Thorold, Ontario, Canada, 2010
Dana Frame Plant #2
Thorold, Ontario, Canada, 2010
Dana Frame Plant #4
Thorold, Ontario, Canada, 2010
SOCAR Oil Fields #1ab
Baku, Azerbaijan, 2006
SOCAR Oil Fields #3
Baku, Azerbaijan, 2006
SOCAR Oil Fields #9
Baku, Azerbaijan, 2006
SOCAR Oil Fields #10
Baku, Azerbaijan, 2006
SOCAR Oil Fields #6
Baku, Azerbaijan, 2006
Oxford Tire Pile #1
Westley, California, USA, 1999
Oxford Tire Pile #5
Westley, California, USA, 1999
Oxford Tire Pile #8
Westley, California, USA, 1999
Oxford Tire Pile #9ab
Westley, California, USA, 1999
Burning Tire Pile #1
Near Stockton, California, USA, 1999
Sikorsky Helicopter Scrap Yard
Tucson, Arizona, USA, 2006
Jet Engines
Tucson, Arizona, USA, 2006
AMARC #3
Tucson, Arizona, USA, 2006
AMARC #5
Tucson, Arizona, USA, 2006
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ARTIST STATEMENT
"When I first started photographing industry it was out of a sense of awe at what we as a species were up to. Our achievements became a source of infinite possibilities. But time goes on, and that flush of wonder began to turn. The car that I drove cross-country began to represent not only freedom, but also something much more conflicted. I began to think about oil itself: as both the source of energy that makes everything possible, and as a source of dread, for its ongoing endangerment of our habitat.
I wanted to represent one of the most significant features of this century: the automobile. The automobile is the main basis for our modern industrial world, giving us a certain freedom and changing our world dramatically. The automobile was made possible because of the invention of the internal combustion engine and its utilization of both oil and gasoline. The raw material and the refining process contained both the idea and an interesting visual component for me."