James Benning's film Deseret takes the founding of the New York Times in 1851 as its starting point. The movie features magnificent landscapes captured with a stationary camera during a year-long journey, showcasing deserts, snow plains, lonely trails, and more. The starkly composed images evoke a sense of space haunted by the official history written back East.
Deseret
"Utah's rich history unfolds in a cinematic journey, as stunning landscape shots of the state's breathtaking vistas are woven together with excerpts from The New York Times, spanning from the 1850s to the 1990s."
