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Amelia's Grocery, Dos Palos, California
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Stephen JohnsonAmerican Photographer · 1955–present
All works by this person →"As a photographer, my goal is to reproduce as faithfully as possible what I see with my eyes," explained Stephen Johnson. A native Californian, he attended San Francisco State University. From the beginning of his career, Johnson documented the California landscape and championed environmental preservation efforts. He curated, edited, and designed *At Mono Lake,* a book and touring exhibition foc
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- negative 1985; print 1993
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- Chromogenic print
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Even as suburban sprawl lurks in the background, the traditional independent convenience store and gas station, a symbol of rural life, looms large as a landmark and a beacon for travelers. Stephen Johnson took this photograph as part of "The Great Central Valley Project," his photographic essay of 1984 to 1985 with Robert Dawson. The project, comprising some 10,000 negatives, documented the culture and geography of California's increasingly industrialized Central Valley, from the Sacramento Valley in the north to the Tulare Basin in the south.
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