A color photograph of a smoky forest and several small fires in the leaves beneath the trees.

Understory Flareups, Fourth of July Creek, Valley Road Wild Fire, Custer County, Idaho, 2005

Laura McPhee (b. 1958)

Date

2005
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Dye coupler print
Dimensions

72 1/2 x 93 in.
Edition

3/5
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Purchase with the assistance of the Stieglitz Circle
Accession Number

P2006.16
Copyright

© 2005 Laura McPhee

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