Photographers Dorothea Lange and Pirkle Jones explore the 'Death of a Valley'
Pirkle Jones, Dorothea Lange Photographing the Destruction of a California Landmark, from Death of a Valley, 1956, Selenium Toned Silver Gelatin Print, ©1972 Regents of the University of California, Image courtesy the Booth Western Art Museum
Back in the mid-1950s, a remote and beautiful California valley known as Berryessa supported a community of farmers with its fertile land….that is until the region was forever changed with the construction of the Monticello Dam.
A new exhibition, “Dorothea Lange and Pirkle Jones: Death of a Valley,” captures the valley’s transformation and is on view at the Booth Museum of Western Art.
“City Lights” producer Summer Evans discusses this remarkable history with curator Mark Medley, who describes the communities that once lived in Berryessa Valley.
The exhibition will be up through June 9, 2024.
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