Exchange: Environmental Art

Environmental Art

This is a black and white photograph depicting a rocky hillside in a barren landscape. There are craggy peaks in the background and some scrub type vegetation. The viewpoint is from above looking down.

Joe Deal
Indio, California, from "The Fault Zone"
gold-toned gelatin silver print on paper
13 13/16 in. x 13 3/4 in. ( 35.1 cm x 35 cm )
Gift of The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation, in memory of Morris D. Baker, a graduate of The University of Michigan School of Architecture, 1952

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This is a black and white photograph depicting two sides of a rural road running through the upper portion of the work. In the foreground, where the viewer stands, is a grassy hillside that slopes downward toward the road. There are some small skinny trees, large boulders and rocks. In the background there are low lying buildings, telephone poles and rows of cultivated trees.

Joe Deal
Fontana, California, from "The Fault Zone"
gold-toned gelatin silver print on paper
13 13/16 in. x 13 3/4 in. ( 35.1 cm x 35 cm )
Gift of The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation, in memory of Morris D. Baker, a graduate of The University of Michigan School of Architecture, 1952

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This is a black and white photograph of an outdoor scene of a rocky hilltop. In the foreground are large boulders with vegetation growing among them. The hillside slopes down toward a distant valley iwith cultivated fields and straight roads. On the horizon is another set of rocky hillsides.

Joe Deal
Hemet, California, from "The Fault Zone"
gold-toned gelatin silver print on paper
13 13/16 in. x 13 3/4 in. ( 35.1 cm x 35 cm )
Gift of The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation, in memory of Morris D. Baker, a graduate of The University of Michigan School of Architecture, 1952

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This is a black and white photograph of a residential street seen from above, as if the viewer is standing on a nearby hillside. In the forefront are tall bushes through which are seen the flat roofs of the closely spaced houses below. On the other side of the street, the houses are wedged between the road and another steep hillside.

Joe Deal
Baldwin Hills, California, from "The Fault Zone"
gold-toned gelatin silver print on paper
13 13/16 in. x 13 3/4 in. ( 35.1 cm x 35 cm )
Gift of The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation, in memory of Morris D. Baker, a graduate of The University of Michigan School of Architecture, 1952

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This is a black and white photograph of the face of a rock wall with a long striation running through it. In the foreground there is stringy vegetation and on the right edge there is a cropped view of a wooden balcony suspended in space.

Joe Deal
Glendale, California, from "The Fault Zone"
gold-toned gelatin silver print on paper
13 13/16 in. x 13 3/4 in. ( 35.1 cm x 35 cm )
Gift of The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation, in memory of Morris D. Baker, a graduate of The University of Michigan School of Architecture, 1952

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This is a black and white photograph showing a bird's eye view of a desert garden. There is a circular grass area surrounded by a landscaped sandy terrain. A picnic table sits among the planted trees, flowers and bushes. In the background is a rocky hillside with groundcover vegetation.

Joe Deal
Santa Barbara, California, from "The Fault Zone"
gold-toned gelatin silver print on paper
13 13/16 in. x 13 3/4 in. ( 35.1 cm x 35 cm )
Gift of The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation, in memory of Morris D. Baker, a graduate of The University of Michigan School of Architecture, 1952

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This is a black and white photograph of a steep rocky hillside. The scene is cropped so that only a small section of the hillside is shown. In the center, is a group of palm trees, some tall and some small, growing out of the rocky soil.

Joe Deal
Soboba Hot Springs, California (II), from "The Fault Zone"
gold-toned gelatin silver print on paper
13 13/16 in. x 13 3/4 in. ( 35.1 cm x 35 cm )
Gift of The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation, in memory of Morris D. Baker, a graduate of The University of Michigan School of Architecture, 1952

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This is a black and white photograph depicting a rocky landscape scene. There are sharp cliff walls, striated with grooves, and two dirt roads with tire tracks. In the center portion, there is a grouping of seventeen piles of dirt, all of a similar size, and scrub like vegetation. The viewpoint is from above looking down.

Joe Deal
San Bernardino, California (I), from "The Fault Zone"
gold-toned gelatin silver print on paper
13 13/16 in. x 13 3/4 in. ( 35.1 cm x 35 cm )
Gift of The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation, in memory of Morris D. Baker, a graduate of The University of Michigan School of Architecture, 1952

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This is a black and white photograph depicting a close up view of a grass covered hillside. One portion of the hill has been covered with metal chain link fencing, laid flat on the ground, to prevent the topsoil from sliding down the slope.

Joe Deal
Inglewood, California, from "The Fault Zone"
gold-toned gelatin silver print on paper
13 13/16 in. x 13 3/4 in. ( 35.1 cm x 35 cm )
Gift of The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation, in memory of Morris D. Baker, a graduate of The University of Michigan School of Architecture, 1952

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This is a black and white photograph of an outdoor scene with flowering plants in the foreground and the face of a rocky hillside behind. Tall leafless branches in the center are set against an area of lush vegetation. In the upper right there is a walled road against the hillside and a paved area.

Joe Deal
Monrovia, California, from "The Fault Zone"
gold-toned gelatin silver print on paper
13 13/16 in. x 13 3/4 in. ( 35.1 cm x 35 cm )
Gift of The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation, in memory of Morris D. Baker, a graduate of The University of Michigan School of Architecture, 1952

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This is a black and white photograph of a rocky hillside filled with boulders and brush vegetation. In the distance there is more rocky terrain. In the middle area there is paved terrace and to the right a section of the hill has been cut away.

Joe Deal
Palm Springs, California, from "The Fault Zone"
gold-toned gelatin silver print on paper
13 13/16 in. x 13 3/4 in. ( 35.1 cm x 35 cm )
Gift of The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation, in memory of Morris D. Baker, a graduate of The University of Michigan School of Architecture, 1952

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This is a black and white photograph of an outdoor scene showing a rocky mountainside with block retaining walls and scrub like vegetation. In front of this slope are three multilevel dirt roads with tire tracks. In the foreground is a long cement slab, like a roadway curb.

Joe Deal
Brea, California, from "The Fault Zone"
gold-toned gelatin silver print on paper
13 13/16 in. x 13 3/4 in. ( 35.1 cm x 35 cm )
Gift of The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation, in memory of Morris D. Baker, a graduate of The University of Michigan School of Architecture, 1952

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