AFTER ED-WERD REW-SHAY - Tecno-Libro

This book documents my research at the MoMA Library looking at, among other things, Edward Ruscha's artist's books. Through writing, thumbnail sketches and photographs, i explain how i accidentally became obsessed with Ruscha's Twenty-six Gasoline Stations, a photobook that follows Route 66 between Oklahoma and Los Angeles. in response to Ruscha's book, i created the photo series Twenty-six Views from the 7 Train, which follows the train route between the MoMA QNS Library where i was visiting Ruscha's book and my (temporary) NYC apartment. Ruscha s book documents gas stations markers along a lengthy and often monotonous stretch of road. Although some shots appear to be taken at speed, for the most part the stations are stops on a familiar journey. this was a road Ruscha travelled frequently between his hometown Oklahoma and his adopted home of LA. My photographs capture whatever was outside when i had a clear shot of the train window, which was infrequent, especially in pe