A century and a half have passed since the Gold Rush. A number of European countries have adopted a single currency. The aphorism that "Gold stocks equal a nation's wealth" no longer holds true. At the end of the 20th century, tangible wealth is giving way to more sophisticated, intangible stores of wealth.

Between 1993 and 1997, photographer Akio Ohki wandered along the trail of the old "Towns of the Gold Rush", today just ghost towns, from the Mexican border to Alaska. His shooting time totaled eleven months. As surely as digital is replacing analog, computer-based financial instruments are replacing gold. Ohki was pleased to meet that great western character Gold, before it finally bites the dust.

Akio Ohki is looking for a photo gallery, photo museum or similar facility in the United States which may be interested in mounting an exhibition of these and more of his ghost town photographs. For further information, please contact him.