November 11, 2023 – June 9, 2024
Death of a Valley was collaborative photography essay completed for Life Magazine by Lange and Jones in 1956. The goal of the project was to document the final year of the Berryessa Valley in Napa County California as the area was become a lake with the construction of the Monticello Dam.
The resulting images are historical and cultural documents as well as fantastic twentieth century photographs printed in vintage silver gelatin. Also included will be enlargements of selected vital images. This exhibition is in association with Lumiere Gallery of Atlanta and the Pirkle Jones Collection at the University of California Santa Cruz. Member opening November 18, 2023
©Dorothea Lange, Town & Store, 1956
