William Christenberry
American Photographer · 1936–2016
34 works on LinkedCulture
For most of his career, William Christenberry made an annual pilgrimage from his home in Washington, D.C. to the red-clay soil of his youth in central Alabama, where he documented and was inspired by its rural landscape. Living away from the South enabled him to respond viscerally--through paintings, drawings, sculpture, and photography--to sites of deep meaning for him. Although Christenberry lon
Works
5 cent Sign, Demopolis, Alabama
Getty Museum · 1976
Beale Street
Getty Museum · negative about 1963–1964; print 1979
Black Buildings (South View), Newbern, Alabama
Getty Museum · negative 1981; print 1993
Child's Grave with Rosebuds, Hale County, Alabama
Getty Museum · 1975
Church, Between Greensboro and Marion, Alabama
Getty Museum · 1972
Corn Sign with Storm Cloud, near Greensboro, Alabama
Getty Museum · 1977
Cotton Gin, Havana, Alabama
Getty Museum · 1975
Egg Carton Cross, Hale County, Alabama
Getty Museum · 1975
Horses and Black Building, Newbern, Alabama
Getty Museum · 1978; print 1981
House in Summertime, near Greensboro, Alabama
Getty Museum · 1972
Landscape with Kudzu and Watering Trough, near Greensboro, Alabama
Getty Museum · 1979
Pine Jackknife Carved by Artist's Father, William A. Christenberry, Sr.
Getty Museum · 1976
Red Building in Forest, Hale, Alabama
Getty Museum · 1984–1985
Red Building in Forest, Hale County, Alabama
Getty Museum · 1994
Relief Sculpture, Untitled
Getty Museum · 1979
Signs, Coleman's Café, Greensboro, Alabama
Getty Museum · 1977
The Alabama Box
Getty Museum · 1980
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Getty Museum · 1982
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Getty Museum · 1982
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Getty Museum · 1982
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Getty Museum · 1982
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Getty Museum · 1982
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Getty Museum · 1982
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Getty Museum · 1982
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Getty Museum · 1982
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Getty Museum · 1982
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Getty Museum · 1982
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Getty Museum · 1982
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Getty Museum · 1982
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Getty Museum · 1982
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Getty Museum · 1982
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Getty Museum · 1982
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Getty Museum · 1982
Window with Curtains, Greensboro, Alabama
Getty Museum · 1972