LOCAL>> Elizabeth Caroli – Natural Selections: Death Valley

Artist’s Roundtable Discussion on Zoom:
* Wednesday, March 31, 4:00 pm

Exhibition Dates:
* March 23 – April 30

[Image: Art: Elizabeth Caroli, Design: Jeremy Thornton]

Elizabeth Caroli Artist statement:

In February 2020, I went with a small group of photographers from The Image Flow in Mill Valley to Death Valley for a photographic experience with Michael Gordon, a Death Valley photographer, who has been leading other photographers through the desert for many years. It turned out to be the last trip I would take for more than a year now during the pandemic of 2020.  

I was so taken by the Mojave Desert that I found myself quickly seeking solitude. Solitary time clears my mind of human perspectives and helps me to listen to, and appreciate, the natural world. 

The images in Natural Selections: Death Valley range from dunes to mountains. Natural Selections is also a wink and a nod to Charles Darwin, a man who made good use of solitude to develop the theory of evolution. These images are created in a way that spoke to me while in these quiet desert moments.