Trump, Colorado
Jake Knapp
£55.00
In the sprawling high plains of central Colorado lies Trump, the site of a former ranching settlement in southern Park County that flourished for a short time from the late 1920s into the late 1930s. Quiet and removed it exists as a counterpoint to the current associations of the name.... Read More
In the sprawling high plains of central Colorado lies Trump, the site of a former ranching settlement in southern Park County that flourished for a short time from the late 1920s into the late 1930s. Quiet and removed it exists as a counterpoint to the current associations of the name. A post office, a store, and a school once served the nearby ranchers, settlers, and their families. Now just one original structure remains.
In Jake Knapp's debut monograph, the images oscillate between scenes from his home in Washington State and photographs taken during three trips to and from the former settlement in July 2019, January 2020, and November 2020. Dates that coincide with the phone call that led to the former president's first impeachment, the first impeachment trial, the 2020 presidential election, and the waning months of the first year of the pandemic.
Paired with oral histories, poems, and archival photographs from former residents of the settlement, gathered with the support of the Park County Local History Archive, the work explores the nature of change and association and presents a quieter vision of a tumultuous political moment.