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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, December 8-10, 2010 The Park Record C-5 Kimball to host Art talk Her points of discussion will cover Adams' Mural Project, By SCOTT IWASAKI during which he was under contract with the United States Of the Record staff Department of the Interior to photograph National Parks. "This was at the beginning Ann Torrence, a Salt Lake of World War II, and he needCity-based photographer, cited Ansel Adams and Eastern ed to produce some murals for California-based photogra- a new building in Washington, pher Galen Rowell as her D.C.," Torrence Said. "One of those murals was of his iconic influences. photo of the Snake River." "Who could .not be influTorrence said the world of enced by Ansel Adams," Torrence said during an inter- nature photography was differview with The Park Record. ent back then. "They didn't travel a lot "But also I remember distinctly seeing an exhibit by Galen during that time," she said. Rowell in San Francisco, in "He wasn't traveling all over 1984. They were his photo- the West like nature photogragraphs of Tibet and they were phers do now. So the contract afforded him the opportunity amazing." While the photographs to go to a bunch of different inspired Torrence, she didn't national parks." Torrence will also talk decide to pursue a serious about how Highway 89 tied career in photography until into Adams' project. 2002. "The Kimball has a photo "I had always been a traveler and was always taking pho- that he took of the Manti tographs and having spotty Temple, which is right, on success," Torrence said. Highway 89," she said. "During that time, I got really "During this time, he went to sick. And it was while I was six of the seven national parks recovering, I made the deci- in the West. It's clear to me that sion to get serious with my he couldn't have visited some of the places he did unless he photos." traveled down Highway 89." In the past couple of years, Other factoids Torrence Torrence has worked on two books - her solo work, "U.S. will touch in include how much Highway 89: the Scenic Route has changed since Adams travto Seven Western Natural eled Highway 89 "Well, the Grand Canyon Parks," and a collaboration with Gary Topping, "The Story Dam and Bridge didn't exist of the Cathedral of the back then," she said. "So he Madeleine," for which she pro- would have had to come from vided 41 black and white and Fredonia, Ariz., and Lee's color photographs of the Salt Ferry, Ariz., when he traveled from Zion to Grand Canyon. Lake City landmark. "Also, the Grand Teton and Torrence is also the 2010 artist-in-residence for Torrey's Saguaro National Parks were Entrada Institute, a non-profit still NationaJ Monuments at organization that supports that time," she said. "The artists, writers, scholars and photo of the Grand Tetons scientists in helping the public from the Snake River overlook appreciate the Colorado is such an icon. It's always in the back of the minds of peoPlateau. ple who do nature photograShe will present an Art Talk phy about about Ansel Adams and "But you can't take the his work in the American West photo from the place he origiat the Kimball Art Center. S HIGHWAY ANSWERS FOR TODAY 89 TkSatkfebfcmfalnffiriMai Ttat and Photxwspft* A French Bis fro PHOTOS COURTESTY SAGEBRUSH PUBLISHING 'kf Ann Torrence wrote and took photos for her book 'U.S. Highway 89/ nally took it, because the trees have grown," she said. Torrence's initial idea and goal was to focus on nature, much the same way Adams did during his career. "What happened while I was doing the 'Highway 89* project was the fact I was drawn to the community, especially the rural communities on the highway," Torrence said. "And that required a completely different skill set, which I had put together, ' i mean, shooting rodeo is not the same as shooting sunrise at Bryce Canyon. It's different experience doing nature photography where you just find the place and go, as opposed to wandering into a mutton-busting event in a small town and having to explain what I'm 435.200.0260 Open Daily at 5 PM LOCATED INSIDE THE GATEWAY CENTER ON? THE CORNER OF HEBER AVE. & SWEDE BISTRO MENU Tkurw Wcrcrtbaii at Jean, doing there." The camera, in these situations. Torrence said, is an icebreaker. "When I show up in a small town with all my gear, it can sometimes become an event," she said. Photographer Ann Torrence will present The Kimball Art Center Art Talk, "Highway 89: Transecting Ansel Adams' American West, "on Thursday, Dec. 9, at 6 p.m. Admission is free. 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