In slow motion, the virtual camera is circling the pump from the Texan manufacturer Lufkin, whose arm tirelessly goes up and down. John Gerrard's portrait of an oil pump ‹Lufkin (near Hugo, Colorado) in a desert-like landscape is not only realistic in terms of the technical details, but also shows the position of the sun and the course of the stars synchronized with their location in the western United States.

Illus. based on: John Gerrard, Lufkin (near Hugo, Colorado), 2009, © John Gerrard and VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021