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Harold Jones

Baptism, Sabino Canyon, 1978

Description

Maker

  • Harold Jones, b. 1940, American

Title

Baptism, Sabino Canyon

Year

1978

Medium

Selenium-toned gelatin silver print on Ilford Multigrade Fiber Based Matte paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • gelatin silver print

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 19.7 x 24.1 cm (7 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

on verso, editioned "17/25"; Bottom of page dated "1978/1986" and titled "BAPTISM, SABINO CANYON"

Identification

Edition

17/25

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Photographs

Credit

Gift of the artist in honor of Joe Deal, RISD Provost, 1999-2005, Professor of Photography, 2005-2009

Object Number

2010.51.5

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

America in View

September 21, 2012 - January 13, 2013

Harold Jones moved to Tucson sight unseen in 1974. The Tucson Portfolio documents his first years living in, exploring, and adapting to this unfamiliar landscape. In an accompanying text he relates his initial impressions of the Southwest, a landscape he had only seen in Westerns and “in the background of Roadrunner cartoons.” It was, he writes, “white bright and oven hot. Driving through the spiney leafless plants of the desert gave me the impression of being on an ocean floor—except someone had removed the water. A primordial landscape in a sea of light. Shocking and enchanting, at the same time.”

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Harold Jones

Tucson Portfolio, 1986

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