Richard Misrach: Bonneville Salt Flats Raceway

Richard Misrach’s ​Desert ​Canto XV: The Salt F​l​ats (1992)​ explores a stretch of Utah desert used as a raceway where drivers attempt to break land speed records.

Color photograph of two figures standing by a race car in the middle of salt flats with mountains along the horizon
Color photograph of a VW bus with flames painted on the front in the middle of empty slat flats with mountains on horizon
Color photograph of a red car on a hitched trailer in the middle of salt flats with mountains along the horizon on a cloudy day
Color photograph of a modified truck pulling a trailer home in the middle of a salt flat
Color photograph of multiple automobiles and a plane in the middle of salt flats with mountains along the horizon
Color photograph of a pickup truck in the middle of empty salt flats with mountains along the horizon
Color photograph of a camper in the middle of salt flats with mountains along the horizon
Color photograph of a car with flames painted on the front in the middle of empty salt flats with mountains on horizon
Color photograph of a red car in the middle of empty salt flats with mountain range along the horizon
Color photograph of figure laying on the desert ground using a camera near a pickup truck
Color photograph of a car in the middles of empty salt flats with mountain range along horizon
Color photograph of a land sailing vehicle and a bike in the middle of empty salt flats with mountains on the horizon
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