Knoll, Capay Valley
1975 · Gelatin silver print
Image/paper: 38.1 × 49.2 cm (15 × 19 3/8 in.); Mount: 55.8 × 71.3 cm (22 × 28 1/8 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
Morley Baer
American, 1916–1995
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Morley Baer is an American photographer known for his documentation of San Francisco's Victorian architecture, particularly the city's iconic Painted Ladies houses, alongside California landscapes and coastal imagery. A longtime faculty member at the San Francisco Art Institute, where he directed the photography department, Baer's work combines architectural precision with atmospheric sensitivity to light and place. His photographs establish a visual record of Northern California's built and natural environments across the mid-twentieth century.
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University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
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University of Toledo
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