William A. Garnett
American Photographer · 1916–2006
33 works on LinkedCulture
> 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
Works

Blow Out Dunes, Death Valley, California
Getty Museum · 1954

Dry Soda Lake, Carrizo Plain, California
Getty Museum · 1974

Dry Wash, West Slope Techachapi Foothills, California
Getty Museum · 1951

Farm Fields and Pipes
Getty Museum · 1953

Foundations and Slabs, Lakewood, California
Getty Museum · 1950

Framing, Lakewood, California
Getty Museum · 1950

Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Getty Museum · 1968

Grading, Lakewood, California
Getty Museum · 1950

Hills Terraced for New Orchards, Ventura, California
Getty Museum · 1979

Hopi Mesa, Arizona
Getty Museum · 1956

Iowa Farm with Silos
Getty Museum · 1966

Los Angeles Sprawl
Getty Museum · 1954

Owens Lake, California
Getty Museum · 1963

Painted Desert, Arizona
Getty Museum · 1975

Painted Desert, Navajo Reservation, Arizona
Getty Museum · 1954

Plaster and Roofing, Lakewood, California
Getty Museum · 1950

Plowed Field, Orange County, California
Getty Museum · 1953

Plowing, Woodland, California
Getty Museum · 1979

Rabbit and Cattle Tracks, Carrizo Plain, California
Getty Museum · 1955

Reflection of the Sun, Napa River Delta, California
Getty Museum · 1980

Rice Field, Terhell Farms, Inc., Colusa, California
Getty Museum · 1953

Sand Bars, Colorado River
Getty Museum · negative 1954; print 1978

Sand Bars, Wisconsin River
Getty Museum · 1968

Sewage Tank, Santa Paula, California
Getty Museum · 1953

Smog, Los Angeles
Getty Museum · 1949

Strip Farm, East Slope of the Tehachapi Mountains
Getty Museum · 1951

Trees on Hills, Gorman, California
Getty Museum · 1950

Trenching, Lakewood, California
Getty Museum · 1950
![[Two Trees on Hill with Shadows, Paso Robles, California]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/540773f1-fca9-4f05-924c-f056f54e6a5c/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Two Trees on Hill with Shadows, Paso Robles, California]
Getty Museum · 1974

Walnut Grove Bulldozed
Getty Museum · March 21, 1953

Walnut Grove Saw Cut
Getty Museum · 1953

Walnut Grove Standing
Getty Museum · March 21, 1953

Walnut Grove Uprooted by Bulldozers
Getty Museum · March 22, 1953