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Cotton Crop, Brownfield, Texas

A 2 0 1 4 F o t o F e s t B i e n n i a l E x h i b i t i o n

P h o t o g r a p h s o f a N e w A m e r i c a n D u s t B o w lb y R o b b K e n d r i c k

Water Tank, San Angelo, Texas

Dry Storm, Hereford, Texas

A full exhibition catalogue is available at reavesart.com. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10am-5pm; and by appointment.

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on view March 21 - Apri l 26, 2014

s p e c i a l eve nt s

Collector Preview Weekend: Friday, March 21st – Saturday, March 22nd, 10am-5pm

opening reception: Saturday, March 22nd, 5-8pm

William Reaves Fine Art is pleased to bring the remarkable photography of Robb Kendrick to Houston and to FotoFest. Kendrick was an already accomplished photographer of the American West when he turned the lens of his camera on the Texas drought that is continuing to wreak havoc, an eerie replay of the state’s Dust Bowl experience of the 1930s. Photographed for National Geographic magazine and published in their September 2012 issue, Kendrick’s photographs capture the thirsty soil and desolate landscape of the Texas high plains.

Of this series, Kendrick writes:

The summer of 2011 was the hottest, driest, windiest summer in Texas history. As I drove over the vast farmlands of the Texas Panhandle where I grew up, it seemed more like a desert than the bountiful fields of green I remember growing up. Truth be told, the southern plains of Texas nearly qualifies as a desert. The decade leading up to the dustbowl farmers, encouraged by the government, ripped open vast prairies to farm wheat for a growing export market. The loss of the fragile prairies that held the soil earthbound resulted in one of the largest manmade disasters in history. For the past 60 years with the assistance of deep irrigation wells the same areas so devastated by the dustbowl was again transformed into a farming paradise as the Ogallala aquifer provided what seemed an endless bounty of water. Driven by high commodity prices, and irresponsible government programs, farmers have pumped this fossil aquifer to dangerously low levels chasing profits from water intensive crops such as corn and cotton. Another manmade disaster is slowly unfolding as weather patterns become erratic and dependable water becomes scarce.

The severe droughts in the Lone Star State during this period were described as “gut-kicking even by Texas standards,” with 2011 being the driest recorded year for the State of Texas. Dubbed “The New Dust Bowl”, this most epic of Texas dry spells was judged to be even more severe than the extreme droughts of the 1930s or 1950s. The weather doling catastrophic blows to ranchers and farmers in the area caused Texas farmers to lose an estimated $8 billion due to the lack of rain in 2011 alone.

Through his powerful imagery, Kendrick captures the devastation of this rainless region, allowing the viewer to experience a Texas drought of historic proportions. Utilizing the 8x10 format with color negatives, Kendrick’s images of the parched Texas countryside lend to incredible detail and depth of field. The harsh reality of the condition of the land and its impact on natural and human environments serve as a strong reminder to the viewer of the direct and indirect consequences of such devastating natural events in our region.

BillReavesPresident, William Reaves Fine Art

T e x a s D r o u g h T: P H OTO g R A P H S O F A N e W A M e R i C A N D U S T B O W LB y R O B B K e N D R i C K

1 Peter Miller, “The New Dust Bowl”, National Geographic Magazine (September 2012).

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Selected biographical and career Highlights

• 1963, Born in Spur, Texas• 1981-85, east Texas State University, Commerce, Texas • Frequent instructor for National geographic seminars and workshops• Resides in Austin, Texas

Selected book Publications

• In Focus: National Geographic Greatest Portraits, cover image, November 2004• Revealing Character: Texas Tintypes, Bright Sky Press, September 2005• Still: Cowboys at the Start of the 21st Century, The University of Texas Press, February 2008• Changelings, Cloverleaf Press, February 2009• History of the Waggoner Ranch, Four – O Publishing, November 2011

Selected Magazine Publications

• “21st Century Cowboys,” National geographic, December 2007

Selected exhibitions

• 2004, Best Portraits of National geographic, Smithsonian institution, Washington, D.C.• 2005–06, One Man exhibition of Tintypes, The Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas• 2006–07, One Man exhibition of Tintypes, National Cowgirl Museum, Fort Worth, Texas• 2007, One Man exhibition of Tintypes, Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, Austin, Texas• 2007, One Man exhibition of Tintypes, The Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas• 2011, One Man Retrospective, The Wittliff Collections, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas

Selected collections

• Denver Art Museum• Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas • The Wittliff Collections, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas• The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas• Ralph Lauren Collections

Texas DroughT: PHOTOgRAPHS OF A NeW AMeRiCAN DUST BOWL By ROBB KeNDRiCKMarch 21 - April 26, 2014

No. artist Title of Work Date edition Medium size (inches)

1 Robb Kendrick Bill Tulljos, San Angelo, Texas 2011 1/10 Archival Pigment Print 18 x 22

2 Robb Kendrick Brown Field, Brownfield, Texas 2012 1/10 Archival Pigment Print 18 x 22

3 Robb Kendrick Buried Fence, Seminole, Texas 2012 1/10 Archival Pigment Print 18 x 22

4 Robb Kendrick Childhood Pool, Spur, Texas 2012 1/10 Archival Pigment Print 18 x 22

5 Robb Kendrick Cotton Crop?, Brownfield, Texas 2012 1/10 Archival Pigment Print 18 x 22

6 Robb Kendrick Cotton Crop, Levelland, Texas 2011 1/7 Archival Pigment Print 34 x 42

7 Robb Kendrick Dry Humor, Muleshoe, Texas 2012 1/10 Archival Pigment Print 26 x 32

8 Robb Kendrick Dry Storm, Hereford, Texas 2012 1/7 Archival Pigment Print 34 x 42

9 Robb Kendrick Fallow field, Wayside, Texas 2012 1/10 Archival Pigment Print 18 x 22

10 Robb Kendrick Farm to Market, Spur, Texas 2012 1/10 Archival Pigment Print 26 x 32

11 Robb Kendrick Feedlot, Easter, Texas 2012 1/10 Archival Pigment Print 26 x 32

12 Robb Kendrick Flying Sand, Pep, Texas 2012 1/10 Archival Pigment Print 18 x 22

13 Robb Kendrick Home-less, Spur, Texas 2012 1/10 Archival Pigment Print 18 x 22

14 Robb Kendrick Lone Survivor, Vega, Texas 2012 1/10 Archival Pigment Print 26 x 32

15 Robb Kendrick Lost Tracks, Earth, Texas 2012 1/10 Archival Pigment Print 18 x 22

16 Robb Kendrick Paradise, Eden, Texas 2012 1/10 Archival Pigment Print 18 x 22

17 Robb Kendrick Prairie Woman, Guthrie, Texas 2012 1/10 Archival Pigment Print 18 x 22

18 Robb Kendrick Sandy Slope, Denver City, Texas 2012 1/10 Archival Pigment Print 18 x 22

19 Robb Kendrick Snow Field, Levelland, Texas 2012 1/10 Archival Pigment Print 26 x 32

20 Robb Kendrick Spare Tire, Levelland, Texas 2012 1/10 Archival Pigment Print 18 x 22

21 Robb Kendrick Trespasser, Earth, Texas 2012 1/10 Archival Pigment Print 18 x 22

22 Robb Kendrick Veribest SIX Men, Veribest, Texas 2011 1/10 Archival Pigment Print 26 x 32

23 Robb Kendrick Vicious Tumbleweeds, Levelland, Texas 2012 1/10 Archival Pigment Print 18 x 22

24 Robb Kendrick Water Tank, San Angelo, Texas 2011 1/10 Archival Pigment Print 26 x 32

Texas DroughT: PHOTOgRAPHS OF A NeW AMeRiCAN DUST BOWL By ROBB KeNDRiCKMarch 21 - April 26, 2014

No. artist Title of Work Date edition Medium size (inches)

25 Robb Kendrick Water Witcher, San Angelo, Texas 2011 1/10 Archival Pigment Print 18 x 22

26 Robb Kendrick Wind Prisoner, Wall, Texas 2011 1/10 Archival Pigment Print 18 x 22

27 Robb Kendrick Windy Street, Morton, Texas 2012 1/10 Archival Pigment Print 18 x 22

28 Robb Kendrick Winter Burn, Lazbuddie, Texas 2012 1/10 Archival Pigment Print 18 x 22

additional images available to be printed: additional print sizes:

29 Robb Kendrick Buried, Littlefield, Texas 2012 Size edition

30 Robb Kendrick Burned out, Bastrop, Texas 2011 11 x 14 10

31 Robb Kendrick Family Business, Ralls, Texas 2012 18 x 22 10

32 Robb Kendrick Feed Hill, Wayside, Texas 2012 26 x 32 10

33 Robb Kendrick Fire Truck, Bastrop, Texas 2011 34 x 42 7

34 Robb Kendrick Homeless Weeds, Bovina, Texas 2012 38 x 48 7

35 Robb Kendrick Hoping for Cotton, Levelland, Texas 2011 42 x 52 5

36 Robb Kendrick Lonely Road, Petit, Texas 2012 46 x 58 5

37 Robb Kendrick Mason Feed Store, Mason, Texas 2011 50 x 62 3

38 Robb Kendrick Packing Plant, Hereford, Texas 2012 60 x 80 3

39 Robb Kendrick San Saba River, Voca, Texas 2011

40 Robb Kendrick Thirsty Goat, San Angelo, Texas 2011

41 Robb Kendrick Wallace Theatre, Muleshoe, Texas 2012

42 Robb Kendrick Water Hog, Brownfield, Texas 2012

43 Robb Kendrick Water Tower, Levelland, Texas 2011

1. Robb Kendrick, BillTulljos,SanAngelo,Texas, 2011, archival print, 18x22 inches.

2. Robb Kendrick, BrownField,Brownfield,Texas, 2012, archival print, 18x22 inches.

3. Robb Kendrick, BuriedFence,Seminole,Texas, 2012, archival print, 18x22 inches.

4. Robb Kendrick, ChildhoodPool,Spur,Texas, 2012, archival print, 18x22 inches.

5. Robb Kendrick, CottonCrop?,Brownfield,Texas, 2012, archival print, 34x42 inches.

6. Robb Kendrick, CottonCrop,Levelland,Texas, 2011, archival print, 18x22 inches.

7. Robb Kendrick, DryHumor,Muleshoe,Texas, 2012, archival print, 26x32 inches.

8. Robb Kendrick, DryStorm,Hereford,Texas, 2012, archival print, 34x42 inches.

9. Robb Kendrick, Fallowfield,Wayside,Texas, 2012, archival print, 18x22 inches.

10. Robb Kendrick, FarmtoMarket,Spur,Texas, 2012, archival print, 26x32 inches.

11. Robb Kendrick, Feedlot,Easter,Texas, 2012, archival print, 26x32 inches.

12. Robb Kendrick, FlyingSand,Pep,Texas, 2012, archival print, 18x22 inches.

13. Robb Kendrick, Home-less,Spur,Texas, 2012, archival print, 18x22 inches.

14. Robb Kendrick, LoneSurvivor,Vega,Texas, 2012, archival print, 26x32 inches.

15. Robb Kendrick, LostTracks,Earth,Texas, 2012, archival print, 34x42 inches.

16. Robb Kendrick, Paradise,Eden,Texas, 2012, archival print, 18x22 inches.

17. Robb Kendrick, PrairieWoman,Guthrie,Texas, 2012, archival print, 18x22 inches.

18. Robb Kendrick, SandySlope,DenverCity,Texas, 2012, archival print, 18x22 inches.

19. Robb Kendrick, SnowField,Levelland,Texas, 2012, archival print, 26x32 inches.

20. Robb Kendrick, SpareTire,Levelland,Texas, 2012, archival print, 18x22 inches.

21. Robb Kendrick, Trespasser,Earth,Texas, 2012, archival print, 18x22 inches.

22. Robb Kendrick, VeribestSIXMen,Veribest,Texas, 2011, archival print, 26x32 inches.

23. Robb Kendrick, ViciousTumbleweeds,Levelland,Texas, 2012, archival print, 18x22 inches.

24. Robb Kendrick, WaterTank,SanAngelo,Texas, 2011, archival print, 26x32 inches.

25. Robb Kendrick, WaterWitcher,SanAngelo,Texas, 2011, archival print, 18x22 inches.

26. Robb Kendrick, WindPrisoner,Wall,Texas, 2011, archival print, 18x22 inches.

27. Robb Kendrick, WindyStreet,Morton,Texas, 2012, archival print, 18x22 inches.

28. Robb Kendrick, WinterBurn,Lazbuddie,Texas, 2012, archival print, 18x22 inches.

29. Robb Kendrick, Buried,Littlefield,Texas, 2012, archival print.

30. Robb Kendrick, BurnedOut,Bastrop,Texas, 2011, archival print.

31. Robb Kendrick, FamilyBusiness,Ralls,Texas, 2012, archival print.

32. Robb Kendrick, FeedHill,Wayside,Texas, 2012, archival print.

33. Robb Kendrick, FireTruck,Bastrop,Texas, 2012, archival print.

34. Robb Kendrick, HomelessWeeds,Bovina,Texas, 2012, archival print.

35. Robb Kendrick, HopingforCotton,Levelland,Texas, 2011, archival print.

36. Robb Kendrick, LonelyRoad,Petit,Texas, 2012, archival print.

37. Robb Kendrick, MasonFeedStore,Mason,Texas, 2011, archival print.

38. Robb Kendrick, PackingPlant,Hereford,Texas, 2012, archival print.

39. Robb Kendrick, SanSabaRiver,Voca,Texas, 2011, archival print.

40. Robb Kendrick, ThirstyGoat,SanAngelo,Texas, 2011, archival print.

41. Robb Kendrick, WallaceTheatre,Muleshoe,Texas, 2012, archival print.

42. Robb Kendrick, WaterHog,Brownfield,Texas, 2012, archival print.

43. Robb Kendrick, WaterTower,Levelland,Texas, 2011, archival print.

Views of the Texas Coast : Interpretations by Twenty Texas Artists &

Texas Drought : A New American Dust Bowlcoinciding exhibitions at

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