RIVERS RUN THROUGH IT by Mark Ruwedel

Mark RuwedelLos Angeles: Landscapes of Four Ecologies

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Los Angeles: Landscapes of Four Ecologies, Volume 1

For the past decade, photographer Mark Ruwedel has been compiling an epic photographic account of the natural environment of his home city of Los Angeles. From the stark Californian coast to the vast expanses of the interior many of which have been further lain bare by wildfires Ruwedel tracks a unique ecology in constant, if subtle, dialogue with the human life that surrounds it: one where wildness is designed, contested, permitted, or resisted to varying degrees of success. In this first of four volumes, Ruwedel follows the Los Angeles River from Big Tujunga Wash to the Pacific Ocean. Using patient, forensic large- and me