Amy Seward Photography
 

After several years on the road exploring historic trails West with stops in Ely, NV and Joseph OR, I am working to process and present images taken during this travel. In following the routes of the westward pioneer trails  (the Oregon, California, and Mormon trails and branches thereof), which often parallel the routes of the Pony Express, Transcontinental Railroad and Lincoln Highway, my intention has been to create a body of work that captures fragments of the history that built the American West as we know it.  As our travels took us beyond the Western States, and to many small towns and rural areas across the United States, this initial focus broadened to capture images that depict pieces of the past existing quietly in the modern landscape, and also those that reflect the life and landscapes of present day America.