Sawdust Pile, Tioga Corners, PA
John Pfahl
American, born 1939

Details
Title
Sawdust Pile, Tioga Corners, PA
Artist/Maker
John Pfahl (American, born 1939)
Date
1997
Medium
Dye coupler print
Dimensions
16 x 20 inches
Credit
Gift of The National Millennium Survey, organized by The College of Santa Fe and the Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego
Accession #
2005.144
On View
Currently not on view
While artists such as Ansel Adams before him looked to the Sierras and other pristine lands in search of subjects to photograph, John Pfahl often turned instead to overlooked subjects in the human-altered environment. This image demonstrates Pfahl’s remarkable ability to take an ordinary subject—in this case a tarp-covered pile of sawdust—and transform it into a landscape of remarkable visual interest.
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