Camp Dunlap, Niland, California
2003
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 25.4 × 32.07 cm (10 × 12 5/8 in.) sheet: 40.64 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of J. Patrick and Patricia A. Kennedy
Accession Number
2020.163.87
Art Historical Context
Mark Ruwedel's *Camp Dunlap, Niland, California* (2003) captures the haunting remnants of a little-known World War II-era Japanese American internment in California's Imperial Valley. This gelatin silver print, a traditional black-and-white photographic process prized for its rich tonal gradations and archival permanence, measures 25.4 × 32.07 cm, inviting viewers to contemplate the stark desert landscape scarred by human history. Camp Dunlap operated briefly in 1942 as one of several temporary facilities for the forced relocation of Japanese Americans, reflecting the U.S. government's wartim...
About the Artist
Mark Ruwedel
Mark Ruwedel, born on June 11, 1954, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, initially pursued painting, earning a BFA from Kutztown State College in 1978. He transitioned to photography during this time, later obtaining an MFA from Concordia University in Montreal in 1983. Working as a custom printer in Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1980 honed his technical skills before he relocated to Canada, where he taught a...