Making Out, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California

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Making Out, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
Making Out, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
Artist/Maker (American, born 1938)
Datec. 1971
MediumVintage gelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 × 8 7/16 in. (15.2 × 21.4 cm) Overall: 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2023.12.71
Not on view
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Signature Verso, lower left (pencil): "W Owens"
Inscribed Verso, upper right (pen, black ink): "G-126"
The only way to learn anything in photography is by making lots of mistakes. It's a painful education. Photography's a wonderful hobby but a very difficult business. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
The only way to learn anything in photography is by making lots of mistakes. It's a painful education. Photography's a wonderful hobby but a very difficult business. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
Bill Owens
Date: 1974-76
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.94
Making Paper, Paper Mill, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
Making Paper, Paper Mill, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
Bill Owens
Date: 1976
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.91
Untitled (man making dough), Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
Untitled (man making dough), Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
Bill Owens
Date: 1976
Medium: Gelatin silver print, printed later
Object number: 2023.12.61
Father and son working at gas station, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
Father and son working at gas station, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
Bill Owens
Date: 1969-1975
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.56
Bank Social, Singing Levi Strauss Cowgirl, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
Bank Social, Singing Levi Strauss Cowgirl, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
Bill Owens
Date: 1969-1975
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.57
Entertaining classroom, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
Entertaining classroom, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
Bill Owens
Date: 1969-1975
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.58
Harness wirer, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
Harness wirer, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
Bill Owens
Date: 1976
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.59
Blacksmith, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
Blacksmith, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
Bill Owens
Date: 1974-1976
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.60
Rainbow Girls is an organization that helps young girls become young women. This is achieved through spiritual communion with God, service to the community and the teachings of the Rainbow Order. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
Rainbow Girls is an organization that helps young girls become young women. This is achieved through spiritual communion with God, service to the community and the teachings of the Rainbow Order. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
Bill Owens
Date: 1972
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.69
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. For…
Lee Hernandez, Female Construction Worker, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
Bill Owens
Date: 1974-76
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.74
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. For…
Graphic designer, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
Bill Owens
Date: 1974-76
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.69
Warehouse, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
Warehouse, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
Bill Owens
Date: 1974-76
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.89