In 2010, I set out for the ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada with my wet plate darkroom and a need to exist in the desert. The ghost town of Rhyolite is adjacent to Death Valley. The residency that housed me, Goldwell, gave me a place to work out of, and I tramped around that lonesome valley, where the silence was the loudest I had ever heard.
The cheese holes
Riley
Unmarked grave
Gold miners
Broken grave
The cheese holes
Wooden headstone and plastic flowers
The cheese holes
Riley
Unmarked grave
Gold miners
Broken grave
The cheese holes
Wooden headstone and plastic flowers
Lisa Elmaleh Photography
Lisa Elmaleh, 1984, USA, lives in West Virginia and photographs with an 8x10 camera across the United States and at the Mexico Border.