MATTHEW BAUM

PHOTOGRAPHY: OVERLOOK

The Overlook pictures began years ago as a record of places I have visited on my many road trips. Whenever I would come across a designated scenic overlook or vista, I would stop and make a picture. I was and am interested in the politics of these deliberately constructed views, but mostly I wanted to remember what it felt like to be in specific locations at a particular moment in my life.

Over time I began to photograph a broader range of places, both officially marked and personally memorable. The work remains an ongoing visual diary, but has also become a way for me to consider questions of memory – both personal and collective – as well as the ways we assign meaning to place.

Archival Inkjet Prints

12 x 44" - Edition of 10

18 x 80" - Edition of 5

28 x 114" - Edition of 3

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Lake Superior from ‘Baum Rock’ at Matthew’s cabin Beaver Bay, MinnesotaAugust 28, 2011, 7:49 – 7:51 pm
  
Through the ‘Land of Lincoln’ with CharlieHighway 136, northwest of Champaign, IllinoisJanuary 6, 2011, 12:07 – 12:08 pm
  
Confederate Line - Central PositionMaj. Gen. John Bell Hood’s Division,Lt. Gen. James Longstreets's First Corps,Army of Northern VirginaBattle of FredericksburgDecember 11-13, 1862Fredericksburg National Battlefield, VirginiaJune 2, 2011, 7:42 – 7:46 am
     
  
'Chase Countyand theBluestem Pasture Region'Kansas State Historical MarkerHWY 50, 2 miles east of Strong City, KansasDecember 27, 2010, 8:03 – 8:07 am
  
Blackfeet ReservationRoute 2,  just east of Browning, MontanaAugust 20, 2011, 8:57-8:59 pm
  
Santa Fe Trail RemainsRegistered National Historic Landmark (1966)US 50, 9 miles west of Dodge City, KansasDecember 27, 2010, 3:16 – 3:18 pm
     
  
Lake McDonaldGoing to the Sun RoadGlacier National ParkNorthwestern Montana August 20, 2011, 12:02 – 12:03 pm
  
Maroon BellsHighland Bowl Hike with LeaAspen, Colorado January 2, 2011, 11:20 – 11:22 am
  
‘Birthplace of Farm Credit’ Historical MarkerHighway 56, southwest of Larned, KansasDecember 27, 2010, 12:10 – 12:11 pm
     
  
Skylinefrom WilliamsburgSeptember 11, 2010, 7:42 – 7:47 pm
  
Little Bighorn ValleyFom a marker which reads:‘Cankuhanska Long Road, A Sans Arc Sioux warrior died here on June 26, 1876 while defending his homeland and the Sioux way of life’Little Bighorn Battlefield National MonumentCrow Agency, MontanaAugust 28, 2011, 11:26 – 11:28 am
  
With MeggieNarragansett, Rhode IslandAugust 6, 2011, 6:45 – 6:47 pm