Third Saturday for Families: Words and Landscapes

Explore the photographs on view, then choose a word at random from Lopez’s book to illustrate in the classroom. From Here to the Horizon is a call and response between words and images—each photograph is paired with a phrase from Home Ground: A Guide to the American Landscape , the “reader’s dictionary” of geographic terms compiled by Lopez and his spouse Debra Gwartney. Standing as markers of admiration and affection for Lopez’s legacy, the images are like cairns guiding visitors through the landscape, finding elegance, inspiration, and solace in the places we call home.

The works might spark connections with places we remember fondly, or hope to one day visit, or that that we may never see in person but know vividly because of a carefully written verse or a well-made photograph. Related Exhibition: From Here to the Horizon …chosen is beautiful, subtle, profound, worthy of our lives.” – Barry Lopez From Here to the Horizon presents work by fifty American photographers assembled in honor of Barry Lopez (1945–2020)…. Learn More