~JIM MANGAN, KEN BLOCK, ca. 2014 & TIMOTHY O’SULLIVAN ca. 1867 / DESERT . . DONUTS

EARTH WORKS, subtext: south-west desert
THE MORE THINGS CHANGE, the more they stay – the same /
Making . . . TRACKS IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH-WEST – DESERT.

DOLLARS to DONUTS . . . !!
I CAME ACROSS THIS PHOTO, RECENTLY:


‘SAND HILLS, Near Carson Sink, Nevada / Photographed by TIMOTHY O’SULLIVAN in . . 1867.’
FIVE BEST – ON THE AMERICAN WEST:
TRACY DAUGHERTY / The author, most recently of ‘Larry McMurtry: A Life’

The WALL STREET JOURNAL / BOOKS / SAT/SUN, OCTOBER 14-15, 2023.


KEN BLOCK, RIP . . . doing ‘desert donuts’ / in the Utah desert / 2014.
FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH by JIM MAGNAN / (with gallery ambient light),
‘BLAST’ Book Launch, & exhibit / East Village, NYC
Installation photo: Nancy Smith, Nov. 19, 2014.


another shot of the “Blast” book launch & exhibit /
a JIM MANGAN – KEN BLOCK collaboration / DASHWOOD BOOKS, NYC
at Ave-A Gallery, now defunct / East Village, NYC, Nov 19, 2014
Photo: Nancy Smith, Nov 19, 2014.