
William A. Garnett
American Photographer · 1916–2006
46 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
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[Alluvium, Desert Center, California]
Getty Museum · January 2, 1967
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Blow Out Dunes, Death Valley, California
Getty Museum · 1954
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Cattle Tracks Cut by New Plowing
Getty Museum · 1967
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[Cracked Earth, Ohio River]
Getty Museum · negative 1956; print 1977
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Date Garden, Indio, Calif.
Getty Museum · 1950
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Dry Soda Lake, Carrizo Plain, California
Getty Museum · 1974
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Dry Wash, West Slope Techachapi Foothills, California
Getty Museum · 1951
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Dry Wash with Alluvium, Death Valley
Getty Museum · May 1957
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Farm Fields and Pipes
Getty Museum · 1953
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Finished Housing, Lakewood, California
Getty Museum · 1950
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Foundations and Slabs, Lakewood, California
Getty Museum · 1950
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Four Sided Sand Dune, Death Valley, Calif.
Getty Museum · 1954
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Framing, Lakewood, California
Getty Museum · 1950
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Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Getty Museum · 1968
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Grading, Lakewood, California
Getty Museum · 1950
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Hills Terraced for New Orchards, Ventura, California
Getty Museum · 1979
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Hopi Mesa, Arizona
Getty Museum · 1956
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Ibex Dunes
Getty Museum · mid-20th century
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Iowa Farm with Silos
Getty Museum · 1966
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Lakewood Village, Lakewood Shopping Center
Getty Museum · December 31, 1951
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Los Angeles Sprawl
Getty Museum · 1954
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Monument Valley, Utah
Getty Museum · 1956
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Owens Lake, California
Getty Museum · 1963
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Painted Desert, Arizona
Getty Museum · 1975
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Painted Desert, Navajo Reservation, Arizona
Getty Museum · 1954
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Plaster and Roofing, Lakewood, California
Getty Museum · 1950
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Plowed Field, Orange County, California
Getty Museum · 1953
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Plowing, Woodland, California
Getty Museum · 1979
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Rabbit and Cattle Tracks, Carrizo Plain, California
Getty Museum · 1955
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Reflection of the Sun, Moss Landing #1, California
Getty Museum · 1974
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Reflection of the Sun, Napa River Delta, California
Getty Museum · 1980
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Rice Field, Terhell Farms, Inc., Colusa, California
Getty Museum · 1953
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Sand Bars, Colorado River
Getty Museum · negative 1954; print 1978
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Sand Bars, Wisconsin River
Getty Museum · 1968
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Sewage Tank, Santa Paula, California
Getty Museum · 1953
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Smog, Los Angeles
Getty Museum · 1949
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[Snow Geese with Reflection of the Sun over Buena Vista Lake, California]
Getty Museum · 1953
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Strip Farm, East Slope of the Tehachapi Mountains
Getty Museum · 1951
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Trees on Hills, Gorman, California
Getty Museum · 1950
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Trenching, Lakewood, California
Getty Museum · 1950
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[Two Trees on Hill with Shadows, Paso Robles, California]
Getty Museum · 1974
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Walnut Grove Bulldozed
Getty Museum · March 21, 1953
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Walnut Grove Saw Cut
Getty Museum · 1953
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Walnut Grove Standing
Getty Museum · March 21, 1953
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Walnut Grove Uprooted by Bulldozers
Getty Museum · March 22, 1953
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Water Hole with Cattle Tracks, Santa Fe Trail, West of Wagon Mound
Getty Museum · 1975
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