In the sprawling high plains of central Colorado lies Trump, the former site of a ranching settlement in southern Park County that flourished for a short time from the late 1920s into the late 1930s. A post office, a store, and a school once served the nearby ranchers, settlers, and their families. Today, just one original structure remains. Quiet and removed, it exists now as a counterpoint to the current associations of the name. 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 coinciding 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.
8.425 x 10.5, 160 pages
62 color, 18 b&w plates on semi-coated and uncoated paper
Flexibound and debossed leather cover with foil stamp text
2 loose leaf inserts