Rocks and Surf, San Francisco

Don Worth was an American photographer whose practice centered on precise black-and-white landscape and nature studies, often of California subjects. Working primarily with large-format cameras and employing meticulous darkroom technique, he developed a formal, almost architectural approach to composition that emphasized tonal gradation and geometric patterning in natural forms. Active from the postwar period through the early 2000s, Worth's work reflected a commitment to craft and optical clarity within the modernist photography tradition.