Artwork copyright Adrienne Salinger. Photo courtesy of the artist, 1985.

Two Yellow Geese, 1981

Adrienne Salinger
American

Location: Lakes Elementary School, Lacey

About the Artwork

Two Yellow Geese is a photograph captured by artist Adrienne Salinger while travelling in New Mexico. She notes, "I was walking at night through the streets of Santa Fe and I saw the geese on the third floor of an apartment building. I thought they looked so majestic and humorous glowing in the darkness that I made the photograph. Because the only available light came from a street lamp nearby, the exposure was a full minute."

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with North Thurston Public Schools.

About the Artist

Adrienne Salinger is a New Mexico-based photographer. She formerly lived in Seattle, Washington.
Born in Los Angeles, Salinger earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from the University of Oregon in 1977. She is a professor of photography at the University of New Mexico and is most known for her 1995 photo book "In My Room: Teenagers in their Bedrooms". Her photographs are in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Los Angeles County Art Museum (LACMA), and the Houston Museum of Fine Arts in Texas.