Lake Lahontan: The Pyramid, for Timothy O'Sullivan

Pyramid Lake was the deepest part of ancient Lake Lahontan, a vast body of water that during the Ice Age covered the majority of northwest Nevada. Today it is located on the Pyramid Lake Pauite Reservation. Ruwedel's title pays homage to Timothy O'Sullivan, who photographed the site in 1867 as part of Clarence King's geological survey. While O'Sullivan was intrigued by the challenge of composing the ancient tufa rock formations in his frame, Mark Ruwedel takes a more distanced view, emphasizing the signs of human settlement as they relate to these primordial geological forms.