The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 9, 2026

A horizontally oriented black-and-white photograph depicts a rugged landscape beneath a heavy black horizontal band. In the lower right, a wide road curves into dark, rocky hills where thin power lines cobweb across the frame. A piercing white light erupts from behind central mountain peaks, casting a brilliant radiance that bleeds into the sky, creating stark contrast against the deep blackness covering the top half of the composition.

Power Line Leading to the Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, NV

2007

Christopher Churchill

(American, b. 1977)
America
gelatin silver print
Image: 44.2 x 55.8 cm (17 3/8 x 21 15/16 in.); Paper: 50.4 x 60.6 cm (19 13/16 x 23 7/8 in.)
Gift of Jeanne and Richard S. Press 2015.89
Location: Not on view
  • Christopher Churchill (the artist) [1977-]
    Richard and Jeanne Press, Weston, MA
    September 8, 2015
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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