Richard Misrach: Battleground Point

In 1998, torrential rains flooded the Carson and Humbolt Rivers, overflowing into nearby lands. In a series commissioned by the Nature Conservancy, Misrach photographed this rare but natural occurrence of water in the desert at Battleground Point, a site memorializing a legendary confrontation between the ancestors of today’s Toidikadi tribe and a band of malevolent giants.

Color photograph of a small body of water in front of a large sand mound with a lightly clouded blue sky
Color photograph of a lake in the middle of a desert with sandy hill along the horizon
Color photograph of car tracks on desert ground with a sand hill on the horizon
Color photograph of a lake within a desert reflecting the cloudy sky above
Color photograph of a small body of water in front of a large sand mound with clear blue sky
Color photograph of a large mound of sand in desert near body of water
Color photograph of a body of water near a sand hill with a bright blue cloudy sky
Color photograph of a large mound of sand in desert near body of water
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