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Trees on Hills, Gorman, California
Creator
William A. GarnettAmerican Photographer · 1916–2006
All works by this person →> I was discharged and heard you could hitchhike on the transport taking GIs home. The airplane was full, but the captain let me sit in the navigator's seat so I had a command view. I was amazed at the variety and beauty of these United States. I had never seen anything like that--in a book, in school, or since then. So I changed my career. > > --William Garnett William Garnett took his first cros
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- 1950
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
Because of the precise timing and control needed to get the the pictures he wanted, Garnett had to learn to pilot a plane himself. In his hands, the airplane became an artistic tool. The majority of Garnett's photographs were taken at low speeds, while he balanced the wheel with his elbow and manipulated the rubber pedals with his feet. The stillness of his work belies the fact that it was photographed while he was in motion.
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