Photos of the American West: Ghost Towns, Nature, Cities and More

Take a journey around the American West (without the dangers of backcountry travel) through over 50 full-page color photographs by Eric Thome, a trained fine artist.

Photograph subjects include advertising signs, automobiles, cultural sites, early 1900s amusement parks, ephemera, historic architecture, landscapes, mid-century neon, mines, rock art, ruins, sculptures, wildlife, and more. Eras of the subject matter photographed in this book span from North American pre-Columbian to the 20th century.

Photographs in this volume range from western cities and towns to remote ghost towns (in the process of vanishing from existence) and wilderness. With historic western locales from California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington.

Native American subjects include petroglyphs, pictographs, and Ancestral Pueblo architecture. Other cultural photos vary from a Basque aspen arborglyph (these tree carvings are disappearing as the trees reach the end of their lifespan) to San Francisco’s Chinatown.