The Byers Collection

Seagrave Gallery is honored to unveil the collection of Robert K. Byers, a distinguished photographer at the epicenter of West Coast photography. Byers, who is now 102-years-old, was Brett Weston's best friend, traveling companion and estate executor. Outside this close relationship, Byers befriended many of California's most notable photographers, such as Ansel Adams, Wynn Bullock, William Garnett, along with others both famous and obscure. This collection, held for over half a century without display, reveals not only icons, but also the exceptional imagery of lesser-known photographers that were integral members of this flourishing community.

Brett Weston

Lake Patzcuaro, Mexico, 1976

Vintage Silver Gelatin

10 5/8 x 13 1/2 in
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Brett Weston

Lake Patzcuaro, Mexico, 1977

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 5/8 x 9 5/8 in
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Brett Weston

Tide Pool, Oregon, 1974

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 5/8 x 9 5/8 in
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Brett Weston

Dunes, Baja, 1968

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 5/8 x 9 5/8 in
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Brett Weston

Garland Memorial Portfolio, 1976

Vintage Silver Gelatin

8 x 10 in
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Robert K. Byers

Garland Ranch, Carmel Valley, 1975

Silver Gelatin

7 3/4 x 9 in
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Brett Weston

Reeds, Oregon, 1975

Vintage Silver Gelatin

10 3/4 x 13 3/4 in
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Robert K. Byers

Grass in Pond, Gold River, Vancouver Island, B.C., 1973

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in
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Brett Weston

Glen Canyon, Utah, 1959

Silver Gelatin

13 5/8 x 10 1/2 in
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Brett Weston

Tree, Glen Canyon, 1960

Silver Gelatin

9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in
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Ansel Adams

Message from West Coast Portfolio, 1986

Silver Gelatin

8 x 10 in
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Brett Weston

Farm House, Ridgeport, CA, 1965

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 5/8 x 9 5/8 in
Brett Weston

Monastery, Portugal, 1972

Vintage Silver Gelatin

12 7/8 x 10 1/8 in
Brett Weston

Monastery, Spain, 1960

Silver Gelatin

7 3/4 x 9 5/8 in
Brett Weston

Nude, Oregon School Teacher, 1975

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 1/2 x 9 5/8 in
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Brett Weston

Nude, 1976

Vintage Silver Gelatin

10 5/8 x 13 1/4 in
Robert K. Byers

Wawona at Yosemite, 1977

Vintage Silver Gelatin

9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in
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Henry Gilpin

Deer Creek, 1989

Vintage Silver Gelatin

12 7/8 x 10 5/8 in
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Richard Garrod

Leaves and Log, Oregon, 1976

Silver Gelatin

9 3/8 x 12 in
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Robert K. Byers

Near Coos Bay, Oregon, 1976

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in
Robert K. Byers

Old Car, Broken Windshield, Junk Yard, Eugene, Oregon, 1976

Vintage Silver Gelatin

9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in
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Robert K. Byers

Poster at Saint Paul de Vence, France, 1975

Vintage Silver Gelatin

9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in
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Brett Weston

Firesite Portfolio, 1992

Vintage Silver Gelatin

Approximately 11 x 14 in.
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Brett Weston

Aspen Trunk, 1981

Vintage Silver Gelatin

10 3/8 x 12 1/2 in
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Brett Weston

Tree Roots, Baja, 1976

Vintage Silver Gelatin

9 1/2 x 7 5/8 in
Brett Weston

Ice Forms, Oregon, 1974

Vintage Silver Gelatin

9 5/8 x 7 3/4 in
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Brett Weston

Old Car Window, Garrapata, 1955

Silver Gelatin

13 1/2 x 10 1/4 in
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Brett Weston

Burned Building, 1974

Vintage Silver Gelatin

9 1/2 x 7 3/4 in
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Brett Weston

Horse Trailer, Hornitos, CA, 1973

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in
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William Garnett

Sand Dunes #4, Death Valley, CA, 1954

Silver Gelatin

10 1/2 x 13 1/2 in
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William Garnett

Salt, Death Valley, CA, 1954

Silver Gelatin

15 7/8 x 19 7/8 in
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William Garnett

California, 1975

Vintage Silver Gelatin

10 1/2 x 13 5/8 in
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William Garnett

Tehachapi Foothills with Wildflowers, 1950

Vintage Silver Gelatin

13 x 19 1/2 in
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William Garnett

Stock Trails Near Paso Robles, CA, 1953

Silver Gelatin

10 7/8 x 13 7/8 in
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William Garnett

Two Trees on Hill with Shadows, Paso Robles, CA, 1974

Vintage Silver Gelatin

15 7/8 x 19 7/8 in
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William Garnett

Reflection of the Sun on Illinois Farm After Heavy Rain, 1977

Vintage Silver Gelatin

15 3/4 x 19 5/8 in
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William Garnett

Snow Geese with Reflection of the Sun over Buena Vista, CA, 1953

Vintage Silver Gelatin

13 3/8 x 10 3/8 in
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William Garnett

Direct Reflection of the Sun, Pacific Ocean, c. 1960

Vintage Silver Gelatin

9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in
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William Garnett

Butte, Marble Canyon, AZ, 1954

Silver Gelatin

9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in
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William Garnett

Death Valley, 1954

Silver Gelatin

10 x 8 in
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William Garnett

Surf, Point Reyes, CA, 1979

Vintage Silver Gelatin

15 7/8 x 19 7/8 in
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Al Weber

Wave, San Gregorio Beach, CA, 1965

Vintage Silver Gelatin

10 3/8 x 13 1/2 in
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Henry Gilpin

Sunflowers, North Dakota, 1981

Vintage Silver Gelatin

9 1/2 x 13 5/8 in
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Henry Gilpin

House and Barn, CA, 1977

Vintage Silver Gelatin

9 3/4 x 7 5/8 in
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Brett Weston

Rooftops, Spain, 1960

Silver Gelatin

7 5/8 x 9 1/2 in
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Brett Weston

Spanish Village, Spain, 1971

Vintage Silver Gelatin

10 3/4 x 11 5/8 in
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Brett Weston

Broken Window, Hunters Point Shipyard, San Francisco, 1959

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 5/8 x 9 5/8 in
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Richard Garrod

Wall, Mountain Ranch, c. 1965

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 3/4 x 9 1/2 in
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Brett Weston

Old Sign, 1977

Vintage Silver Gelatin

10 5/8 x 13 5/8 in
Robert K. Byers

Sign at San Ardo, CA, 1974

Silver Gelatin

7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in
Brett Weston

Calligraphy, Japan, 1970

Vintage Silver Gelatin

13 x 10 5/8 in
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Robert K. Byers

Japanese Cemetery, Hilo, Hawaii, 1978

Vintage Silver Gelatin

9 7/8 x 9 7/8 in
Brett Weston

Graffiti, Japan, 1970

Vintage Silver Gelatin

10 5/8 x 11 3/8 in
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Robert K. Byers

Graffiti on Wall, Paris, 1975

Silver Gelatin

7 3/4 x 8 7/8 in
Brett Weston

Pier, Moss Landing, 1974

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in
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Brett Weston

Black Window, Mariposa, CA, 1950

Silver Gelatin

10 3/8 x 13 1/2 in
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Robert K. Byers

Train Museum, Carson City, Nevada, 1988

Vintage Silver Gelatin

10 1/2 x 13 1/2 in
Robert K. Byers

Old Mill, Hamilton, Montana, 1990

Vintage Silver Gelatin

10 1/2 x 13 1/2 in
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Brett Weston

Wigwam Burner, 1971

Vintage Silver Gelatin

11 3/4 x 10 5/8 in
Robert K. Byers

Arboretum Ceiling, San Francisco, 2003

Vintage Silver Gelatin

11 3/4 x 10 5/8 in
Robert K. Byers

Old Floor Covering, Arizona, 1974

Silver Gelatin

8 3/4 x 11 in
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Robert K. Byers

Soap on Glass, Isleton, CA, 1994

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in
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Robert K. Byers

Old Car Near Mariposa, CA, #6, 1976

Vintage Silver Gelatin

9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in
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Brett Weston

Sign, 1977

Vintage Silver Gelatin

9 5/8 x 7 3/4 in
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Brett Weston

Scrub, White Sands, NM, 1946

Silver Gelatin

7 5/8 x 9 5/8 in
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Robert K. Byers

Reeds in River at Astoria, Oregon, 1976

Vintage Silver Gelatin

10 1/2 x 13 1/2 in
Robert K. Byers

Reed, Young's River Near Astoria, Oregon, 1976

Vintage Silver Gelatin

10 x 7 7/8 in
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William Garnett

[untitled], c. 1960

Vintage Silver Gelatin

9 3/4 x 7 5/8 in
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Morley Baer

Double Surf, Garrapata, 1966

Silver Gelatin

7 1/2 x 9 1/4 in
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Brett Weston

Rocks and Pebbles, Pebble Beach, San Mateo, CA, 1974

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 5/8 x 8 1/4 in
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Don Worth

Aspen Trees, Autumn, New Mexico, 1958

Silver Gelatin

11 x 8 7/8 in
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Brett Weston

Bamboo Forest, Japan, 1971

Vintage Silver Gelatin

12 x 10 5/8 in
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Robert K. Byers

Aspens Near Grand Fork, British Columbia, 1990

Vintage Silver Gelatin

10 1/2 x 13 1/2 in
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Robert K. Byers

Trees in Snow, Highway 50, Sierras, 1993

Vintage Silver Gelatin

10 1/2 x 13 1/2 in
Robert K. Byers

Big Oak Flat Road, Yosemite, CA, 1985

Vintage Silver Gelatin

9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in
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Robert K. Byers

Trees Near Oxford, England, 1972

Vintage Silver Gelatin

13 1/2 x 10 1/2 in
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Robert K. Byers

At Beaufort, South Carolina, 1981

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in
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Robert K. Byers

Kilauea Volcano Steam, Big Island, Hawaii, 1978

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in
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Robert K. Byers

Falls at Devils Den State Park, Arkansas, 1983

Silver Gelatin

7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in
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John Sexton

Frost Covered Boulders, Yosemite, 1980

Vintage Silver Gelatin

6 3/4 x 9 1/2 in
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Oliver Gagliani

Untitled [Attic Windows], 1972

Vintage Silver Gelatin

10 1/4 x 12 3/4 in
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Michael Kenna

River Thames, London (Omage to Brassai), 1983

Vintage Silver Gelatin

5 5/8 x 8 1/4 in
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Jerry Steiner

Mt. Jefferson at Sunrise, 1981

Vintage Silver Gelatin

10 x 13 1/2 in
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Robert K. Byers

Tetons, Wyoming, 1995

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 1/2 x 9 3/4 in
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Robert K. Byers

Reservoir Above Eugene, Oregon, 1976

Silver Gelatin

10 1/2 x 13 1/2 in
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Pirkle Jones

Sunset District and Pacific Ocean, San Francisco, 1951

Vintage Silver Gelatin

9 3/4 x 13 1/4 in
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Henry Gilpin

Wonder Lake, Alaska, 1978

Vintage Silver Gelatin

10 3/4 x 13 3/4 in
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Robert K. Byers

Mono Lake, CA, 1981

Silver Gelatin

7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in
Robert K. Byers

Pond, Tioga Road, Yosemite, CA, 1982

Vintage Silver Gelatin

10 1/2 x 13 1/2 in
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Donald Ross

Pool, High Sierra, 1955, 1955

Silver Gelatin

10 7/8 x 13 7/8 in
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Robert K. Byers

Reeds in Pond Near Yaht, British Columbia, 1990

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in
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Jonathan Clark

Trees and Mist, CA, 1969

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in
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Don Worth

Agave, Cuernavaca, Mexico, 1975

Vintage Silver Gelatin

10 7/8 x 9 in
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John Woods

Succulent, Santa Barbara, CA, 1978

Vintage Silver Gelatin

13 1/2 x 10 3/8 in
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Brett Weston

Leaf Cluster, Hawaii, 1979

Silver Gelatin

11 5/8 x 10 5/8 in
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Robert K. Byers

Volcano National Park, Hawaii, 1978

Silver Gelatin

12 1/2 x 10 1/2 in
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Don Worth

Hoffmania Refulgens, Florida, 1979

Vintage Silver Gelatin

9 x 11 3/8 in
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Robert K. Byers

Garland Ranch, Carmel Valley, 1975

Vintage Silver Gelatin

9 1/4 x 7 3/4 in
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Robert K. Byers

Barn, Chateauneuf, Burgandy, France, 1988

Vintage Silver Gelatin

10 1/2 x 13 1/2 in
Henry Gilpin

Horse in Barn, 1985

Vintage Silver Gelatin

10 5/8 x 13 5/8 in
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Morley Baer

Molera Ranch, Big Sur, 1969

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 5/8 x 9 5/8 in
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Robert K. Byers

Alders at Redwood NP Near Crescent City, CA, 1987

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in
Brett Weston

Beech Forest, Holland, 1972

Vintage Silver Gelatin

10 1/2 x 12 1/2 in
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Brett Weston

Rock Wall Face, Glen Canyon, Utah, 1975

Vintage Silver Gelatin

10 5/8 x 13 5/8 in
Brett Weston

Reflections Through Window, 1954

Silver Gelatin

9 3/8 x 7 5/8 in
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Brett Weston

Tidal Pool, Point Lobos, 1975

Vintage Silver Gelatin

9 1/4 x 7 5/8 in
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Brett Weston

Reflections in Water, Wharf, Monterey, 1973

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 5/8 x 9 5/8 in
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Brett Weston

Rocks, Point Lobos, 1950

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 5/8 x 9 1/2 in
Brett Weston

Yukon, Haines Cut Off, Alaska, 1973

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 5/8 x 9 5/8 in
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Richard Garrod

Tenaya Lake, Yosemite, c. 1965

Vintage Silver Gelatin

9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in
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Brett Weston

White Tree, 1974

Vintage Silver Gelatin

13 3/4 x 10 5/8 in
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Henry Gilpin

Split Aspens, 1992

Vintage Silver Gelatin

13 5/8 x 10 5/8 in
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Robert K. Byers

Trees, Yosemite Valley, 1996

Vintage Silver Gelatin

10 1/2 x 13 1/2 in
Robert K. Byers

Trees Near 395, East Side Sierras, Top of Conway Pass, 1978

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in
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Tom Millea

Redding, Connecticut, 1969

Vintage Platinum-Palladium

3 3/4 x 4 5/8 in
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Robert K. Byers

Trees in Forest Near Lyon-en-Foret, France, 1988

Vintage Silver Gelatin

6 3/8 x 9 5/8 in
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Henry Gilpin

Untitled [Snowy Mountains], 1984

Vintage Silver Gelatin

8 1/8 x 12 1/2 in
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Brett Weston

Farms, Austria, 1972

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 5/8 x 9 5/8 in
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Alan Ross

Jackson Lake, Clouds, Grand Teton National Park, 1975

Silver Gelatin

10 x 13 in
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Roger Fremier

Dunes, Death Valley, 1996

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 5/8 x 9 5/8 in
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John Sexton

Merced River and Forest, Yosemite, 1983

Vintage Silver Gelatin

10 5/8 x 13 1/8 in
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Roger Fremier

Tree, Pine Grove, CA, 1992

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 3/8 x 9 3/8 in
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Rick Bungolf

Oak Tree, Carmel, 1977

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 x 9 1/4 in
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Rick Bungolf

Cowlitz Chimneys, Mt. Rainier, NP, 1977

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 1/4 x 9 1/4 in
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Robert K. Byers

Volcanos National Park, Hawaii, 1978

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in
Robert K. Byers

Dead Trees, Near Lava Lake, Oregon, 1995

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in
Robert K. Byers

Reeds, 1975

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in
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Scott Shaver

Water and Reeds, BC Canada, 1993

Vintage Silver Gelatin

4 5/8 x 6 1/8 in
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Steve Crouch

Diablo Range, Southern Monterey County, CA, 1974

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 5/8 x 9 5/8 in
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Richard Garrod

Hornitos, CA, c. 1965

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 5/8 x 9 1/2 in
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Fred Scheel

White Fence, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1980

Vintage Silver Gelatin

10 3/4 x 13 1/2 in
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Jerry Steiner

Columbia Gorge Barn, WA, 1980

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 1/8 x 9 1/2 in
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Bruce Barnbaum

Sunrise, York Minster, 1981

Vintage Silver Gelatin

10 7/8 x 13 3/4 in
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Henry Gilpin

Mosel River, 1970

Vintage Silver Gelatin

7 5/8 x 9 5/8 in
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Lou Stoumen

Main Street, Bethlehem, PA, 1939

Silver Gelatin

16 x 12 in
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Lou Stoumen

Times Square in the Rain, 1940

Silver Gelatin

17 7/8 x 13 3/8 in
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Edward Forsyth

Sunrise, Monterey Bay, 1979

Vintage Silver Gelatin

9 7/8 x 12 1/4 in
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Thomas Harding

Sunset, Louisiana Gulf Coast, c. 1983

Vintage Platinum

3 5/8 x 4 3/8 in
Sold

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The Byers Collection

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