Fool's Gold — JESSE CHEHAK

Lionel Rombach Gallery Tucson, Arizona (2015)

“Once caught by the golden lure you become a prospector for life, condemned, doomed, exalted… The search for what? They could not have said; neither can I… anything as pretext. And how could they hope to find this treasure which has no name and has never been seen? Hard to say—and yet, when they found it, they could not fail to recognize it.”

— Edward Abbey

The San Andreas Fault
Carrizo Plain National Monument, California

Leadville, Colorado (Copy)

Denver, Colorado (Copy)

Tucson, Arizona (Copy)

Alabama Hills, California (Copy)

Near Flagstaff, Arizona (Copy)

Redwood City, California (Copy)

Berkeley, California (Copy)

Craig, Colorado (Copy)

Near Bakersfield, California (Copy)

Toward Sequoia Park, California (Copy)

Cholla, Arizona (Copy)

Near Taos, New Mexico (Copy)

Near Big Sur, California (Copy)

Toward Edwards, Colorado (Copy)

Toward Bozeman, Wyoming (Copy)

Glen Canyon, Arizona (Copy)

Grand Canyon, Arizona (Copy)

Billings, Montana (Copy)

Palatino, California (Copy)

Near Gillette, Wyoming (Copy)

Natrona County, Utah (Copy)

Phoenix, Arizona (Copy)

Lone Pine, California (Copy)

Chinle, Arizona (Copy)

Toward Page, Arizona (Copy)

Toward The Pacific Ocean, California (Copy)

Silicon Valley, California (Copy)

Primm, Nevada (Copy)

Strasburg, Colorado (Copy)

Strasburg, Colorado (Copy)

Santa Fe, New Mexico (Copy)

Canyon De Chelly, Arizona (Copy)

Barstow, California (Copy)

Toward Big Water, Utah (Copy)

Toward Palmer, Alaska (Copy)

Toward Yuma, Arizona (Copy)

Toward Escalante, Utah (Copy)

West Hollywood, California (Copy)

Toward Hollywood, California (Copy)

Porterville, California (Copy)

Boulder Creek, Colorado (Copy)

Vale, Oregon (Copy)

Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico (Copy)

Toward Three Rivers, California (Copy)

Near Frisco, Colorado (Copy)

Yellowstone Park, Wyoming (Copy)

Eden, Wyoming (Copy)

Universal City, California (Copy)

Santa Fe, New Mexico (Copy)

Cheyenne, Wyoming (Copy)

Lake Havasu, Arizona (Copy)

Tombstone, Arizona (Copy)

Bliss, Idaho (Copy)

Crownpoint, New Mexico (Copy)

Tulare County, California (Copy)

Lake Powell, Utah (Copy)

Tuba City, Arizona (Copy)

Gallup, New Mexico (Copy)

Kaycee, Wyoming (Copy)

Near Sedona, Arizona (Copy)

Socorro, New Mexico (Copy)

Bakersfield, California (Copy)

Sweet Home, Oregon (Copy)

Toward Tucson, Arizona (Copy)

Near Shiprock, New Mexico (Copy)

Canyon De Chelly, Arizona (Copy)

Near Golden, Colorado (Copy)

Treasure Island, California (Copy)

Near Yellowstone Park, Wyoming (Copy)

Near San Bernadino, California (Copy)

Hollywood, California (Copy)

Truth or Consequences, New Mexico (Copy)

Trinity Site, New Mexico (Copy)

Moran, Wyoming (Copy)

San Luis Obispo, California (Copy)

Frisco, Colorado (Copy)

Near Golden, Colorado (Copy)

Toward Twenty-Nine Palms, California (Copy)

Nambe, New Mexico (Copy)

Tuba City, Arizona (Copy)

Near Crowne Point, Arizona (Copy)

Barstow, Calfornia (Copy)

Redwood City, California (Copy)

Cody, Wyoming (Copy)

Tempe, Arizona (Copy)

Gallup, New Mexico (Copy)

Toward Kingman, Arizona (Copy)

Tesuque, New Mexico (Copy)

Breckenridge, Colorado (Copy)

Toward Pecos, New Mexico (Copy)

Burbank, California (Copy)

Lodge Grass, Montana (Copy)

Laughlin, Nevada (Copy)

Tuba City, Arizona (Copy)

Albuquerque, New Mexico (Copy)

Near Arco, Idaho (Copy)

Prescott, Arizona (Copy)

Idaho Springs, Colorado (Copy)

Vale, Oregon (Copy)

Kingman, Arizona (Copy)

White Sands, New Mexico (Copy)

Denver, Colorado (Copy)

Goodland, Colorado (Copy)

Walden, Colorado (Copy)

Near Wapiti, Wyoming (Copy)

Flagstaff, Arizona (Copy)

Near Edgerton, Wyoming (Copy)

Near Toponas, Colorado (Copy)

Fresno, California (Copy)

Eugene, Oregon (Copy)

Valentine, Calfornia (Copy)

Havasu City, Arizona (Copy)

Montclair, New Jersey (Copy)