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Land and Its Uses: Photographs from the Collection

John Pultz, curator

September 3, 1994–November 13, 1994

North Balcony, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Landscape and land use was the focus of this exhibition in the North Balcony Gallery in conjunction with a seminar on the same topic and the 1994 Murphy Lecture by John Szarowski.

Works of art

Castle Rock, Colorado, Garry Winogrand (1928–1984) — Garry Winogrand (1928–1984)

Castle Rock, Colorado, 1960

Newly Occupied Tract Houses, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Robert Adams (born 1937) — Robert Adams (born 1937)

Newly Occupied Tract Houses, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1968

Albuquerque, Lee Friedlander (born 1934) — Lee Friedlander (born 1934)

Albuquerque, 1972

Donkey, Pomona, Kansas, Jon Blumb (born 1956) — Jon Blumb (born 1956)

Donkey, Pomona, Kansas, 1980

Lawn Sprinkler, Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton (1903–1990); Gus Kayafas (born 1947) — Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton (1903–1990); Gus Kayafas (born 1947)

Lawn Sprinkler, circa 1939

Kansas, Mark Goodman (born 1946) — Mark Goodman (born 1946)

Kansas, 1976

New Irvine Industrial Parks, No. 12, Lewis Baltz (1945–2014) — Lewis Baltz (1945–2014)

New Irvine Industrial Parks, No. 12, 1977

Teheran, Elliott Erwitt (1928–2023) — Elliott Erwitt (1928–2023)

Teheran, 1967

Kansas, Mark Goodman (born 1946) — Mark Goodman (born 1946)

Kansas, 1976

Sign on highway between Sykesville, Pennsylvania and Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, Jack Delano (1914–1997) — Jack Delano (1914–1997)

Sign on highway between Sykesville, Pennsylvania and Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, 1940

A Concrete Monument to Wine, Margaret Bourke-White (1904–1971) — Margaret Bourke-White (1904–1971)

A Concrete Monument to Wine, 1938

Freeway Rain, San Bernardino, California, Roger Minick (born 1944) — Roger Minick (born 1944)

Freeway Rain, San Bernardino, California, 1977

TDC, Danny Lyon (born 1942) — Danny Lyon (born 1942)

TDC, 1968

A Reed Cutter at Work, Peter Henry Emerson (1856–1936) — Peter Henry Emerson (1856–1936)

A Reed Cutter at Work, 1886

Negro Sharecropper Family Working in Cotton Field, Georgia, Marion Post Wolcott (1910–1990) — Marion Post Wolcott (1910–1990)

Negro Sharecropper Family Working in Cotton Field, Georgia, circa 1938

We Grow Large Cabbage, William H. Martin (1865–1940) — William H. Martin (1865–1940)

We Grow Large Cabbage, 1910

Gano Grain Elevator, Western Kansas, Wright Morris (1910–1998) — Wright Morris (1910–1998)

Gano Grain Elevator, Western Kansas, 1940

Windmill, Taos, Edward Weston (1886–1958) — Edward Weston (1886–1958)

Windmill, Taos, 1937

Highway 285, Parks County, Colorado, Thomas M. Neff (born 1948) — Thomas M. Neff (born 1948)

Highway 285, Parks County, Colorado, 1980

Wheatfield near Kansas-Nebraska Border, Lawrence McFarland (born 1942) — Lawrence McFarland (born 1942)

Wheatfield near Kansas-Nebraska Border, 1976

Nebraska Landscape, Robert Grier (born 1946) — Robert Grier (born 1946)

Nebraska Landscape, 1973

Southeastern Washington, Larry Schwarm (born 1944) — Larry Schwarm (born 1944)

Southeastern Washington, 1989

Ruhrgebiet, Albert Renger-Patzsch (1897–1966) — Albert Renger-Patzsch (1897–1966)

Ruhrgebiet, 1930

Crown Point and Virginia Mine, Hampton F. Shirer (1894–1977) — Hampton F. Shirer (1894–1977)

Crown Point and Virginia Mine, early 1900s

S.M.T. Viaduct and Quarries, Francis Bedford (1816–1894) — Francis Bedford (1816–1894)

S.M.T. Viaduct and Quarries, circa 1870

Factories Along the Passaic River, Paterson, New Jersey, George Andrew Tice (1938–2025) — George Andrew Tice (1938–2025)

Factories Along the Passaic River, Paterson, New Jersey, 1969

Midway School Athletic Field, near Atchison, Kansas, Earl Iversen (born 1943) — Earl Iversen (born 1943)

Midway School Athletic Field, near Atchison, Kansas, 1977

Horsewoman, Ireland, Alen MacWeeney (born 1939) — Alen MacWeeney (born 1939)

Horsewoman, Ireland, 1965

Grüngürtel, Cologne, Germany, August Sander (1876–1964) — August Sander (1876–1964)

Grüngürtel, Cologne, Germany, 1930

Colwyn Bay, the Esplanade, Francis Bedford (1816–1894) — Francis Bedford (1816–1894)

Colwyn Bay, the Esplanade, circa 1870

Boggs Ranch on the Purgatory, Southern Colorado, Alexander Gardner (1821–1882) — Alexander Gardner (1821–1882)

Boggs Ranch on the Purgatory, Southern Colorado, 1867

View on the Ribble, Yorkshire, Roger Fenton (1819–1869); Frances Firth — Roger Fenton (1819–1869); Frances Firth

View on the Ribble, Yorkshire, mid-late 1800s

untitled, A. Brown — A. Brown

untitled, date unknown

Pike's Peak, Lathrop — Lathrop

Pike's Peak, 1930s

Fujiyama from Hamahaka, Felice Beato (1825–circa 1905) — Felice Beato (1825–circa 1905)

Fujiyama from Hamahaka, circa 1865

Mount Horeb (Ras Susafeh), Francis Frith (1822–1898) — Francis Frith (1822–1898)

Mount Horeb (Ras Susafeh), circa 1865–1870

Grizzly Giant, Mariposa Grove, Carleton Emmons Watkins (1829–1916) — Carleton Emmons Watkins (1829–1916)

Grizzly Giant, Mariposa Grove, circa 1859

Scene of General McPherson's Death, George N. Barnard (1819–1902) — George N. Barnard (1819–1902)

Scene of General McPherson's Death, 1866

John Welsh and Catfish, Jon Blumb (born 1956); Joseph Judd Pennell (1866–1922) — Jon Blumb (born 1956); Joseph Judd Pennell (1866–1922)

John Welsh and Catfish, 1901

Doctor Hannah and Friend, Jon Blumb (born 1956); Joseph Judd Pennell (1866–1922) — Jon Blumb (born 1956); Joseph Judd Pennell (1866–1922)

Doctor Hannah and Friend, 1909

Phantom Curve, William Henry Jackson (1843–1942) — William Henry Jackson (1843–1942)

Phantom Curve, circa 1880

Cree fishing camp, Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868–1952) — Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868–1952)

Cree fishing camp, 1926

Plowed Field/Douglas County, Kansas, Larry Schwarm (born 1944) — Larry Schwarm (born 1944)

Plowed Field/Douglas County, Kansas, 1974

Cape Cod (#376), Harry Callahan (1912–1999) — Harry Callahan (1912–1999)

Cape Cod (#376), 1972

Chester, St. John's Ruins, Francis Bedford (1816–1894) — Francis Bedford (1816–1894)

Chester, St. John's Ruins, circa 1870

Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England, Paul Caponigro (1932–2024) — Paul Caponigro (1932–2024)

Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England, 1967

Baptism of members of Primitive Baptist Church in Triplett Creek, Rowan County, near Morehead, Kentucky, Marion Post Wolcott (1910–1990) — Marion Post Wolcott (1910–1990)

Baptism of members of Primitive Baptist Church in Triplett Creek, Rowan County, near Morehead, Kentucky, 1940

Petroglyphs on Camanche Gap Dike Galister Basin, New Mexico, Steve Fitch (born 1949) — Steve Fitch (born 1949)

Petroglyphs on Camanche Gap Dike Galister Basin, New Mexico, 1983

untitled, Harold Haliday Costain — Harold Haliday Costain

untitled, circa 1930

Etang de Corot, Ville d'Avray, Eugène Atget (1857–1927); Joel Snyder — Eugène Atget (1857–1927); Joel Snyder

Etang de Corot, Ville d'Avray, before 1910

Terraced Plowing with Grass Waterway, April 1991, Terry Evans (born 1944) — Terry Evans (born 1944)

Terraced Plowing with Grass Waterway, April 1991, 1991

Almost a Tornado, Patricia DuBose Duncan (1932–2021) — Patricia DuBose Duncan (1932–2021)

Almost a Tornado, 1977

High Hat Bombing Squadron, New York World's Fair, Eugene Carey — Eugene Carey

High Hat Bombing Squadron, New York World's Fair, 1939

Under the Freeway, Art Sinsabaugh (1924–1983) — Art Sinsabaugh (1924–1983)

Under the Freeway, circa 1964

Groupe de Cedres du Mt. Liban, Etudes Photographiques, Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard (1802–1872); E. Beneche — Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard (1802–1872); E. Beneche

Groupe de Cedres du Mt. Liban, Etudes Photographiques, 1852

Site of Gould and Curry Mine, Virginia City, Nevada, Mark Klett (born 1952) — Mark Klett (born 1952)

Site of Gould and Curry Mine, Virginia City, Nevada, 1979

Quartz Mill near Virginia City, Timothy H. O'Sullivan (1840–1882) — Timothy H. O'Sullivan (1840–1882)

Quartz Mill near Virginia City, 1868