Boom and Dust depicts a 40-mile stretch of highway between Midland and Odessa, Texas. This roadway serves as the backbone of the extraction industry in the Permian Basin, the most productive oil field in the world. Inspired by Ed Ruscha, we made hundreds of photographs from the back of a pickup truck of the unrelenting scroll of mancamps, pumpjacks, and oil outfitters collectively known as the "Petroplex.” These were assembled as a 128-panel accordion fold book that extends to 58 feet in length when unfurled. A soundscape of field recordings and guitar improvisations from across the Permian Basin—featuring collaged sounds of highways, toxic artificial lakes, and oil fields, all layered with lap steel guitar—can be accessed through a QR code printed in the colophon on the bellyband, or as a special edition cassette.

Boom and Dust by Jason Reed and Barry Stone Essays by Rebecca Bengal and Marcia Bjornerud Soundscape by Porch Swing Orchestra Typography by Molly Sherman A Sunset Commission and Victory in the Wilderness Museum Joint Publication

5.5” w x 8.5” h (58 feet in length when fully unfurled) 128-panel accordion-fold book with magnetic belly band First Edition, Print Run of 175 Hand-assembled and printed on an HP Indigo Press on Mohawk Superfine Eggshell paper Typeset in Grotesque No. 9 and TWK Ghost

First edition Printed by Shapco in Minneapolis, Minnesota ISBN: 978-0-9833124-3-7

Library of Congress Control Number: 2025911766 © 2025 Jason Reed and Barry Stone

Special thanks to Mark Menjivar, J. Eric Simpson, Ira Yates, Luke Shipp, Abe Moore, Ty Edwards, Ross Harper, James Weaver, Austin Bohannon, Andrew Weathers, Marcia Bjornerud, Rebecca Bengal, Shawn Gray, Hope Mora, SJ Stout, and our families

This book was made possible by a Research Enhancement Program Grant and the Center for the Study of the Southwest at Texas State University