Line engraving, hand-colored, mat 56 x 72 cm. Vue d'optique (optical perspective) meant to be viewed with a device called a zograscope, popular in the 18th century. Perspective view of the Heidelberg Castle with the gardens known as "Hortus Palatinus, " surrounding landscape and the Neckar river.

Moore takes to the air to document the High Plains of North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska in a series of stunning, large-format photographs. The "meridian" of the title refers to the 100th meridian, the longitude that neatly bisects the US and has long been considered the dividing line between the East and West. The photographs interweave two stories: the myths and history of the vast, severe American High Plains alongside portraits of the people...