Pirkle Jones Art
American, 1914-2009
Pirkle Jones (1914 - 2009) was a documentary photographer born in Shreveport, Louisiana. His first experience with photography was when he bought a Kodak Brownie at age seventeen. In the 1930’s, his
photographs were featured in Pictorial Salons and Publications. During World War II, he served four
years in the US Army, in the 37th division, and went to the Fiji Islands, New Georgia, Guadalcanal and the
Philippines.
After the war, Jones entered the first class in photography offered by the California School of Fine Arts.
There he met the artists and instructors who helped him develop his talents: Ansel Adams, Dorothea
Lange, Edward Weston and Minor White. Jones worked as Ansel Adams' assistant for six years, and the
two photographers forged a lifelong friendship. Meanwhile, his own photography began to focus on the
San Francisco Bay Area.
In 1956, Dorothea Lange asked him to collaborate on a photographic essay entitled Death of a Valley.
The essay chronicled the death of the town of Monticello, California in the Berryessa Valley, which
disappeared when the Monticello Dam was completed. The photographs were taken in the last year of its
existence. Jones later described the project with Lange as "one of the most meaningful photographic
experiences of his life”.
Jones also took part in numerous collaborations with his wife, Ruth-Marion Baruch, over the course of
their 49-year marriage. In 1968, Baruch introduced herself to Kathleen Cleaver, wife of the famous Black
Panther, Eldridge Cleaver, and spoke of her interest in the Black Panthers and their portrayal by the
media. It was her desire to present a more balanced view that inspired Jones and Baruch to photograph
the Black Panthers from July to October 1968 in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Jones was the recipient of an honorary doctorate from the San Francisco Art Institute, where he taught
until 1994.(Biography provided by Oficino Uno Fine Photography Dealer)
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Artist: Pirkle Jones
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