The Marches is a photographic project by Terry A. Ratzlaff (US), made in collaboration with horologist Greg Arp at Arp Clock & Wood Shop in Bennet, Nebraska.
Ratzlaff photographed 4,024 objects against neutral backgrounds. Stripped of their everyday function, these objects are seen anew in relation to one another, forming a detailed inventory that serves both as an act of preservation and a meditation on loss.
In The Marches, time runs backwards, beginning with Arp’s death in 2023 and moving back toward the founding of the shop in the late 1970s. The book reflects the wide-ranging nature of Arp’s practice in conversation with Ratzlaff’s work. In the end, the clock shop becomes a photographic labyrinth where time settles like dust, and memory, material, and loss exist together beyond time’s control.
The book includes an epilogue by KHN alumna Julia Conrad.