Salt Dreams

Salton Sea Telephone Poles
9 x 23″, platinum-palladium print with watercolor.
Edition of 25 with 3 artist’s proofs

“In low places consequences collect, and in all North America you cannot get much lower than the Imperial Valley of southern California, where the waters of the Colorado river sustain a billion-dollar agricultural industry. The consequences of that industry drain from the valley into the accidentally man-made Salton Sea California’s largest lake and in desperate environmental trouble. A second river ends in the Salton Sea. It is a river of dreams, the remains of which may be seen in the failed real estate developments that sprawl beside the sea. As the ending point of both the real Colorado and this river of dreams, the Salton Sea is emblematic of much of the history of the American West.” — William deBuys

Yacht Club Pool
15 x 19″, platinum-palladium print with watercolor.
Edition of 12 with 3 artist’s proofs

“In low places consequences collect, and in all North America you cannot get much lower than the Imperial Valley of southern California, where the waters of the Colorado river sustain a billion-dollar agricultural industry. The consequences of that industry drain from the valley into the accidentally man-made Salton Sea California’s largest lake and in desperate environmental trouble. A second river ends in the Salton Sea. It is a river of dreams, the remains of which may be seen in the failed real estate developments that sprawl beside the sea. As the ending point of both the real Colorado and this river of dreams, the Salton Sea is emblematic of much of the history of the American West.” — William deBuys

Salton Sea Mailbox
15 x 19″, platinum-palladium print with watercolor.
Edition of 12 with 3 artist’s proofs

“In low places consequences collect, and in all North America you cannot get much lower than the Imperial Valley of southern California, where the waters of the Colorado river sustain a billion-dollar agricultural industry. The consequences of that industry drain from the valley into the accidentally man-made Salton Sea California’s largest lake and in desperate environmental trouble. A second river ends in the Salton Sea. It is a river of dreams, the remains of which may be seen in the failed real estate developments that sprawl beside the sea. As the ending point of both the real Colorado and this river of dreams, the Salton Sea is emblematic of much of the history of the American West.” — William deBuys

Twenty-nine Palms Oasis
9 x 23″, platinum-palladium print with watercolor.
Edition of 25 with 3 artist’s proofs

“In low places consequences collect, and in all North America you cannot get much lower than the Imperial Valley of southern California, where the waters of the Colorado river sustain a billion-dollar agricultural industry. The consequences of that industry drain from the valley into the accidentally man-made Salton Sea California’s largest lake and in desperate environmental trouble. A second river ends in the Salton Sea. It is a river of dreams, the remains of which may be seen in the failed real estate developments that sprawl beside the sea. As the ending point of both the real Colorado and this river of dreams, the Salton Sea is emblematic of much of the history of the American West.” — William deBuys

Salton Sea Building
19 x 15″, platinum-palladium print with watercolor.
Edition of 12 with 3 artist’s proofs

“In low places consequences collect, and in all North America you cannot get much lower than the Imperial Valley of southern California, where the waters of the Colorado river sustain a billion-dollar agricultural industry. The consequences of that industry drain from the valley into the accidentally man-made Salton Sea California’s largest lake and in desperate environmental trouble. A second river ends in the Salton Sea. It is a river of dreams, the remains of which may be seen in the failed real estate developments that sprawl beside the sea. As the ending point of both the real Colorado and this river of dreams, the Salton Sea is emblematic of much of the history of the American West.” — William deBuys

Don and Barbara Streets
9 x 23″, platinum-palladium print with watercolor.
Edition of 25 with 3 artist’s proofs

“In low places consequences collect, and in all North America you cannot get much lower than the Imperial Valley of southern California, where the waters of the Colorado river sustain a billion-dollar agricultural industry. The consequences of that industry drain from the valley into the accidentally man-made Salton Sea California’s largest lake and in desperate environmental trouble. A second river ends in the Salton Sea. It is a river of dreams, the remains of which may be seen in the failed real estate developments that sprawl beside the sea. As the ending point of both the real Colorado and this river of dreams, the Salton Sea is emblematic of much of the history of the American West.” — William deBuys

Salton Sea Fence
15 x 19″, platinum-palladium print with watercolor.
Edition of 12 with 3 artist’s proofs

“In low places consequences collect, and in all North America you cannot get much lower than the Imperial Valley of southern California, where the waters of the Colorado river sustain a billion-dollar agricultural industry. The consequences of that industry drain from the valley into the accidentally man-made Salton Sea California’s largest lake and in desperate environmental trouble. A second river ends in the Salton Sea. It is a river of dreams, the remains of which may be seen in the failed real estate developments that sprawl beside the sea. As the ending point of both the real Colorado and this river of dreams, the Salton Sea is emblematic of much of the history of the American West.” — William deBuys

Book | Salt Dreams: Land & Water in Low-down California

Salt Dreams: Land & Water in Low-down California

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