Blog: Collection Tracking

Photography is a way of capturing particular moments at particular places, and we can find special meaning in synergies between photographs that share common threads. While our collections span the globe, many of the places depicted in them have called out to photographers (and other artists) across generations. As our archive continues to grow, we can make more connections between their work.

This blog, which we’ve decided to call “Collection Tracking,” will provide a forum for investigating some of these photographic intersections. In each post, we’ll compare photographs from our collections with more recent views from the same place. We welcome (and heartily encourage) guest contributions; if you have an idea, please reach out by sending an email to scott [at] railphoto-art.org. We’re always looking for more ways for you to engage with the images in our collections and to make connections between historic and contemporary photographs.

You can access this page from anywhere on our site by going to the “Publications” tab in the main menu and selecting “Blog.” The banner image is a John Gruber photograph of the Denver & Rio Grande Western’s dual-gauge tracks in Antonito, Colorado, in 1967 (Gruber,-07-053b-025).