One v One, 2024 by Nathan Gallagher

Edition of 50

Chromogenic print on Fuji crystal matte paper

100 cm x 70 cm unframed

There's a lot going on with this image for me. I was on on a photo road-trip around Eastern California and I found myself drawn to these industrial processing structures, bleached and baked in the Californian sun. The functional brutality of the geometry is as fascinating as it is baffling to me.

I followed my muse and shot this image from the roadside just off the interstate, went back to my hotel and developed the images (in the bathroom) because I was worried about the x-ray scanners in LAX.

Only on returning home did it strike me how similar it was to the Rust map