Imprints: A Retrospective

by David Plowden, Alan Trachtenberg (Introduction)

From trains and bridges to small town steel mills and steamboats, David Plowden has devoted his career to memorializing the vestiges of America's industrial and rural past. This volume looks back over his career, selecting the best of his work recording the struggle between civilization and nature.

203 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1997

About the author

David Plowden is the author of more than twenty photography books, including Bridges: The Spans of North America, Vanishing Point: Fifty Years of Photography, and Requiem for Steam. He lives in Winnetka, Illinois.