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Todd Hido (American/California, b. 1968) , "Landscape #3223", 2003 negative creation date, 2004 print date, Type C chromogenic print mounted to aluminum, signed, titled, no. "3/3" and dated en verso, printing label with print date en verso, from the Roaming series, sight 48 in. X 38 in., framed Provenance: Collection of Wendy and the late George (1944-2013) Rodrigue Ill.: Hido, Todd. Todd Hido: Roaming Landscape Photographs. Tucson: Nazareli Press, 2004. Note: With the 2004 release of his book Roaming, artist Todd Hido made a marked effort to add a modern touch to the genre of the landscape. Choosing to photograph from inside the confines of his automobile and looking for the traces of human intervention on the land, the images became more about how humans exist in nature than nature itself. When describing his thoughts behind the genesis of the series, Hido states: “I don't take a photo of pure Nature, the view I’m photographing doesn’t exist unless you can drive up to it. So these are not retreats into the outdoors or Natural World.” “Landscape #3223” offered here was one of the last photos in the series and exemplifies the overall slightly unsettling mood of the imagery. By reducing the color photo down to a monochromatic rendering, the tone of the work is one of longing and nostaglia. Hido raises the question of whether humans now consider nature simply another space to modify for their own purposes and no longer a living entity. Neal Auction Company would like to express their gratitude to Todd Hido and Katya Taylevich for their assistance with the research and cataloguing of this lot.