Graphic designer, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"

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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"
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. For educational purposes only.
Artist/Maker (American, born 1938)
Date1974-76
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 1/2 × 8 3/8 in. (16.5 × 21.3 cm) Sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2019.18.69
Not on view
DescriptionVintage print.

Additional Details

Provenance 2019: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling.
Markings None noted.
Signature Signed on verso in pencil.
Inscribed "V0498" on verso upper left in pencil;
"W907" on verso center in black marker.
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Warehouse, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
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Man singing in industrial plant, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
Man singing in industrial plant, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
Bill Owens
Date: 1974-76
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.76
Industrial engine, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
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Bill Owens
Date: 1974-76
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.87
Two men in suits waiting in reception, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
Two men in suits waiting in reception, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
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Date: 1974-76
Medium: Gelatin silver print
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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"
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Bill Owens
Date: 1974-76
Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Bill Owens
Date: 1976
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.91
Worker with bucket, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
Worker with bucket, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
Bill Owens
Date: 1974-1976
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.90
Modular Construction, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
Modular Construction, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
Bill Owens
Date: 1974-76
Medium: Gelatin silver print
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This is the only gold dredge in the continental United States. It operates around the clock, seven days a week, moving three million cubic yards of sand and gravel every year. The dredge makes twenty-five cents per cubic yard and with the depressed gold market somtimes doesn't break even. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
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Date: 1976
Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Date: 1974-76
Medium: Gelatin silver print
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