Ian Ruhter

If Ruhter’s large-format images (which measure 4 by 6 feet) remind you of classic 19th-century landscape photos, that’s totally intentional. He even goes so far as using period photo technology, shooting his images with collodion wet plates taken with a large delivery truck converted into a giant mobile camera and traveling darkroom. The results are as rugged and majestic as the Western desert itself.