Chautauqua Series at San Juan College

Laura Gilpin packed her equipment in on horseback to photograph the source of the Rio Grande, did studio portraits for society matrons, directed pilots to “fly low” over Shiprock to capture the light and shadows from every possible angle. She experimented with every subject and extant photographic technique for over fifty-five years before receiving widespread national recognition for it.

In this show, you will meet Miss Gilpin as she was in the year 1954 – a confident, ebullient woman in her early 60’s, a native Westerner from Colorado and resident of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Miss Gilpin narrates a slide show which includes images from her first Lumiere color prints to many from her best known book, The Enduring Navajo. She answers questions and tells some of the behind-the-camera stories about the photographic retrospective that parallels her life, filling the room with her work and her presence.

The Chautauqua Series will begin at 2:00pm on Sunday, March 2nd within the Connie Gotsch Theatre at San Juan College. A reception will follow the presentation.