First edition of East Levee Road by Benjamin Fargen(2024). 

First impression

Medium format hardcover in fine condition

Signed by Benjamin Fargen to title page

Some very minor wear to extremities of the boards

Pages clean, binding firm

About

Made during the COVID-19 pandemic,  Benjamin Fargen's East Levee Road encompasses isolation, while exploring humanity’s discards and witnessing the interminable force of the natural world. East Levee Road is seemingly in a state of decay, creating a serendipitous through line as the work was made in the pandemic era. While it seems like this may have been the right time for this work, East Levee Road did and continues to exist in this state outside of the pandemic. Knowing this informs the work at large and supports it with timelessness, giving the book context but not explaining everything.

East Levee Road is a meditative study of a narrow stretch of land between Rio Linda, Highway 99, and the Sacramento River. Through atmospheric black-and-white and color images, Fargen captures a place in flux—where nature pushes back against development, and remnants of the past linger just beneath the surface.