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landscape in their negative plates as
accurately as they could.
“These photographs have been used
to make us more aware of the fragility
and the usefulness of the landscape,”
said museum director David TUrner,
who curates the exhibition. “There
fore, they are advocating an idea that
we should take care of the landscape
because it's so beautiful and because
it's so fragile.”
The exhibition consists of three
sections: the early expeditions into the
West, the Sierra Club publications and
the contemporary artists' landscape
photographs.
In the 19th century, a series of sur
vey teams were sent out West to ex
plore the new frontier, driven by the
doctrine of Manifest Destiny. A pho
tographer accompanied each survey
team. Three of those photographers
were Timothy O'Sullivan, renowned
for his Civil War photographs; William
Henry Jackson; and Carleton E.
Watkins, whose works are displayed in
the show.
“There was an idea, as photogra
phers came out here, that they were
going to find something like a Garden
of Eden that had not been explored
and touched much,” Tinner said.
“Do you really see a Garden of
Eden? No. You find there have been
populations for thousands of years al
ready. When you look at those beauti
ful landscape pictures, you can find
something in nature that really ele
vates you beyond this world. You
would see, well, it still looks like a Gar
den of Eden. You feel like you touch
some ground that maybe people have
not walked on before,” Turner said.
The 19th-century photographs serve
as records of the architecture and the
living conditions of native inhabitants
as well as the landscape of the West
before mass migration began, accord
ing to the museum.
The highlights of the show are the
works of Ansel Adams, who pioneered
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Eliot Porter. Both photographers devot
ed their lives to preserve the beauty
and the wilderness of the landscape.
Through publications and lobbying of
the Sierra Club, they influenced federal
policies to set aside vulnerable and
fragile lands such as Yosemite and the
Glen Canyon for National Parks.
Following the spirit of the advocacy
for the land, three contemporary pho
tographers, Mary Peck, Mark Abra
hamson and Robert Adams, illuminate
the changing nature of the landscapes.
The collection includes a view
camera and a stereopticon, a 19th
century device that provides users
with a three-dimensional view, using
two pictures of the same image from
slightly different angles, captured by
a twin-lens camera.
Among subjects of the featured pho
tographs is not only majestic and
beautiful scenery but also human de
velopment of the land, such as build
ing railroads and mining hills.
Turner said, pointing out a photo
graph of a damaged fishing creek un
der a bridge construction site, there are
no simple and conclusive answers
about the use of the land.
What they are really advocating for
us to do is to think about what's hap
pening out there. And then we've got
to decide which is the right way to
guide the use of the landscape. I think
you have to measure the pros and cons
and make the best decision you can. ”
Over the summer, the museum is
open Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 8
p.m. and Thursday through Sunday
11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Timer will deliver
a gallery talk July 20 at 6 p.m.
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