SUMMARY
UC Santa Cruz Library has digitized and released 3,200 photographs from Dorothea Lange and Pirkle Jones's 'Death of a Valley' project. This extensive archive documents the final year of Monticello, a California community submerged for Lake Berryessa. The collection provides a rare look into Lange's decision-making process, showcasing the vast number of frames considered for the project, which was famously rejected by Life magazine.
TAKEAWAYS
3,200 photographs from Dorothea Lange's 'Death of a Valley' project are now publicly accessible.
The archive documents the final year of Monticello before its submersion for Lake Berryessa.
The collection offers insight into Lange's photographic process and editorial choices.
Life magazine rejected the project in 1957, leading to its near-obscurity for decades.