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They Came in Earnest -- A Solo Exhibition Featuring Jim Westphalen
129 E Main Street, Bozeman MT 59715

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July 1 - 25, 2025 - All Day

What you see in these photographs are the physical

remains of those early settlers as well as their

descendants who came in the decades that followed.

When and why were they abandoned and how is it

that they, in all their fading beauty, have survived?

My aspiration to capture the “souls” of these

buildings, is in some ways like chasing their ghosts;

unearthing impressions of long-ago toils, people

and experiences. I remind myself that all of

these structures were once a part of someone’s

“American Dream” and in that, I strive to honor

these pioneers through my imagery.