I Dream of Dust |Ben P. Ward|
A photographic exploration of isolation, tension, and masculinity in the seldom-seen region of the Eastern plains of Colorado. Disruptive in its absence, I Dream of Dust strips away context, color, and familiar visual cues, asking the viewer to remove assumptions and not idealize or criticize, but instead exist in a quiet, reflective space.
While aware of the familiar trope of documenting "left behind" America, Ben P. Ward hopes to subvert our tendencies to romanticize nostalgia through this work and instead examine the influence of geography on identity: the tendency of people to mirror the land they inhabit and the tendency of the land to be equally shaped by its inhabitants.
Details
First edition, first printing (500 copies)
104 pages, uncoated
57 plates, offset-printed
8 x 10 inches, 620 grams
Patina hardcover, English
Smythe-sewn bound with debossed foil tip-on cover
ISBN: 978-1-953681-00-3
Print
An optional print may be purchased, offered as a 7 x 9 image on 8 x 10 paper, in inches. Limited edition of 25 copies. Signed and numbered en recto on Epson Hot Press Bright paper. Includes signed certificate of authenticity.
Press
Booooooom
Fisheye Magazine / English — “A sensitive, contemplative work.”
Noah Kalina — “Staggeringly beautiful.”
James Cockroft — “Ward knows what he’s doing.”
PhotoBook Journal — ”A deadpan aesthetic with hints of Alec Soth.”
Artist
Ben P. Ward (b. 1994, USA) is a Colorado-based American photographer. Ward's photography focuses on a documentary approach to the human experience and the changing social and environmental landscape of the American West. I Dream of Dust is Ward's second book, and was captured entirely on large format film.
A photographic exploration of isolation, tension, and masculinity in the seldom-seen region of the Eastern plains of Colorado. Disruptive in its absence, I Dream of Dust strips away context, color, and familiar visual cues, asking the viewer to remove assumptions and not idealize or criticize, but instead exist in a quiet, reflective space.
While aware of the familiar trope of documenting "left behind" America, Ben P. Ward hopes to subvert our tendencies to romanticize nostalgia through this work and instead examine the influence of geography on identity: the tendency of people to mirror the land they inhabit and the tendency of the land to be equally shaped by its inhabitants.
Details
First edition, first printing (500 copies)
104 pages, uncoated
57 plates, offset-printed
8 x 10 inches, 620 grams
Patina hardcover, English
Smythe-sewn bound with debossed foil tip-on cover
ISBN: 978-1-953681-00-3
Print
An optional print may be purchased, offered as a 7 x 9 image on 8 x 10 paper, in inches. Limited edition of 25 copies. Signed and numbered en recto on Epson Hot Press Bright paper. Includes signed certificate of authenticity.
Press
Booooooom
Fisheye Magazine / English — “A sensitive, contemplative work.”
Noah Kalina — “Staggeringly beautiful.”
James Cockroft — “Ward knows what he’s doing.”
PhotoBook Journal — ”A deadpan aesthetic with hints of Alec Soth.”
Artist
Ben P. Ward (b. 1994, USA) is a Colorado-based American photographer. Ward's photography focuses on a documentary approach to the human experience and the changing social and environmental landscape of the American West. I Dream of Dust is Ward's second book, and was captured entirely on large format film.
A photographic exploration of isolation, tension, and masculinity in the seldom-seen region of the Eastern plains of Colorado. Disruptive in its absence, I Dream of Dust strips away context, color, and familiar visual cues, asking the viewer to remove assumptions and not idealize or criticize, but instead exist in a quiet, reflective space.
While aware of the familiar trope of documenting "left behind" America, Ben P. Ward hopes to subvert our tendencies to romanticize nostalgia through this work and instead examine the influence of geography on identity: the tendency of people to mirror the land they inhabit and the tendency of the land to be equally shaped by its inhabitants.
Details
First edition, first printing (500 copies)
104 pages, uncoated
57 plates, offset-printed
8 x 10 inches, 620 grams
Patina hardcover, English
Smythe-sewn bound with debossed foil tip-on cover
ISBN: 978-1-953681-00-3
Print
An optional print may be purchased, offered as a 7 x 9 image on 8 x 10 paper, in inches. Limited edition of 25 copies. Signed and numbered en recto on Epson Hot Press Bright paper. Includes signed certificate of authenticity.
Press
Booooooom
Fisheye Magazine / English — “A sensitive, contemplative work.”
Noah Kalina — “Staggeringly beautiful.”
James Cockroft — “Ward knows what he’s doing.”
PhotoBook Journal — ”A deadpan aesthetic with hints of Alec Soth.”
Artist
Ben P. Ward (b. 1994, USA) is a Colorado-based American photographer. Ward's photography focuses on a documentary approach to the human experience and the changing social and environmental landscape of the American West. I Dream of Dust is Ward's second book, and was captured entirely on large format film.