Monument, Utah, USA, 1995
IGA, Claude, Texas, USA, 1995
Diver, Salt Lake, Utah, USA, 1997
Reflection, Utah, USA, 1997
Road Closure II, New Mexico, USA, 2000
Picnic, New Mexico, USA, 1995
Crowd and Sand Dune I, New Mexico, USA, 2005
Road Closure, New Mexico, USA, 1995
Tourist II, Death Valley, USA, 1996
Tourist I, Death Valley, USA, 1996
Nowhere, California, USA, 2007
Goal Post, California, USA, 2004
Flood Level, California, USA, 1995
Broken Wire, California, USA, 2001
Crumpled Barns, Texas, 1995
Spanish Moss, Louisiana, USA, 1997
The World, USA, 2001
Roadside Picnic, Las Vegas, USA, 2005
Durangos, Las Vegas, USA, 2005
St Andrews, Los Angeles, USA, 2005
Lit Lamp, Utah, USA, 2003
Cowboy, Los Angeles, USA, 2005
Dry Boat, California, USA, 2000
Dinosaur and Grave, Arizona, USA, 2005
Tourist, Monument Valley, Utah, USA, 1996
Love’s, Texas, USA, 1995
Telegraph Poles, Texas, USA, 1995
Truck on pole III, Las Vegas, 2005
Rockets, New Mexico, USA, 2005
Black Road, Texas, USA, 1995
Railway Tracks, California, USA, 2001
Meat Co and Cross, Texas, USA, 1995
White Deer, White Deer, Texas, USA, 1995
Tufa Deposits, Mono Lake, California, USA, 1998
Dog and Truck, Arizona, USA, 1995
Area 51, Nevada, USA, 2005
Grey Day, California, USA, 2005
Corporation Signs, Dusk, California, USA, 1995
Gas Station, Colorado, USA, 2005
Car Park, California, USA, 2005
Holiness Church, Indiana, USA, 2000
Last Car, El Paso, Texas, USA, 1998
Christmas, Indiana, USA, 2000
Garage, Lancaster, California, USA, 2007
K-Mart, Deming, New Mexico, USA, 2000
Last Truck, Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA, 2003
Red Car, Indiana, USA, 2000
Supermarket Car Park, El Paso, Texas, USA, 2000
Smelting Factory, Salt Lake, Utah, USA, 2009
God's Country
Monument, Utah, USA, 1995
IGA, Claude, Texas, USA, 1995
Diver, Salt Lake, Utah, USA, 1997
Reflection, Utah, USA, 1997
Road Closure II, New Mexico, USA, 2000
Picnic, New Mexico, USA, 1995
Crowd and Sand Dune I, New Mexico, USA, 2005
Road Closure, New Mexico, USA, 1995
Tourist II, Death Valley, USA, 1996
Tourist I, Death Valley, USA, 1996
Nowhere, California, USA, 2007
Goal Post, California, USA, 2004
Flood Level, California, USA, 1995
Broken Wire, California, USA, 2001
Crumpled Barns, Texas, 1995
Spanish Moss, Louisiana, USA, 1997
The World, USA, 2001
Roadside Picnic, Las Vegas, USA, 2005
Durangos, Las Vegas, USA, 2005
St Andrews, Los Angeles, USA, 2005
Lit Lamp, Utah, USA, 2003
Cowboy, Los Angeles, USA, 2005
Dry Boat, California, USA, 2000
Dinosaur and Grave, Arizona, USA, 2005
Tourist, Monument Valley, Utah, USA, 1996
Love’s, Texas, USA, 1995
Telegraph Poles, Texas, USA, 1995
Truck on pole III, Las Vegas, 2005
Rockets, New Mexico, USA, 2005
Black Road, Texas, USA, 1995
Railway Tracks, California, USA, 2001
Meat Co and Cross, Texas, USA, 1995
White Deer, White Deer, Texas, USA, 1995
Tufa Deposits, Mono Lake, California, USA, 1998
Dog and Truck, Arizona, USA, 1995
Area 51, Nevada, USA, 2005
Grey Day, California, USA, 2005
Corporation Signs, Dusk, California, USA, 1995
Gas Station, Colorado, USA, 2005
Car Park, California, USA, 2005
Holiness Church, Indiana, USA, 2000
Last Car, El Paso, Texas, USA, 1998
Christmas, Indiana, USA, 2000
Garage, Lancaster, California, USA, 2007
K-Mart, Deming, New Mexico, USA, 2000
Last Truck, Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA, 2003
Red Car, Indiana, USA, 2000
Supermarket Car Park, El Paso, Texas, USA, 2000
Smelting Factory, Salt Lake, Utah, USA, 2009
God's Country

Most of this series I have photographed while alone. I always choose to travel early in the morning looking for scenes that have the atmosphere I intuitively crave. I find the feeling of melancholy and longing very familiar and I make work that satisfies this. I make quiet pictures which reveal the scene as familiar and yet strange. As if you are looking beneath the scene you are seeing. This is often heightened by the uncomfortable feeling I feel in vast landscapes. A sinister feeling arises when I realise that the American wilderness does not exist in my landscapes. It does not exist in my man altered landscapes. Big business like the food and pharmaceutical industries have shaped this landscape. This beautiful land must be God’s Country.

Nadav Kander

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