Making Paper, Paper Mill, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"

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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"
Artist/Maker (American, born 1938)
Date1976
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 3/16 × 6 3/8 in. (20.8 × 16.2 cm) Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.2 × 20.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2018.12.91
Not on view
DescriptionVintage print.
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Provenance 2018: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling.
Markings No markings noted.
Signature Signed " Bill Owens" on verso at center right in pencil.
Inscribed "V0626 / 2500" on verso at upper left in pencil; "w-713" on verso at center in black marker.
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
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
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
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"
Industrial engine, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
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"
Bill Owens
Date: 1974-76
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.86
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
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
Object number: 2019.18.79
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"
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"
Bill Owens
Date: 1976
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.97
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. For…
Prop girls, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
Bill Owens
Date: 1974-76
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.81
Pipes & Scaffold, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
Pipes & Scaffold, Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
Bill Owens
Date: 1974-76
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.92