Name/Title
Marvin Rd Dump, 1977Entry/Object ID
2007-012.E360PDescription
Marvin Rd Dump, 1977. These two black and white contact photo film strips were created for the Lacey Leader newspaper. Image 41 shows a large forest clearing full of garbage. In the left of the image is a garbage truck dumping more trash. Far in the back appears to be a backhoe or similar machinery moving the garbage. All over the field are hundreds of crows. The image is oriented horizontally. Image 42 is very similar to the previous image. There is no garbage truck or machinery moving or dumping the garbage. Image 43 is very similar to the previous image. There is a in focus pile of garbage in the lower right corner consisting of two mattresses, a trash bag and a ITZA toy truck box to name a few. Image 44 shows three barrels. The left barrel has a sign with "Interlane Road" on it and an arrow pointing to the left. The middle barrel has a sign with "cars and pickups" on it with an arrow pointing to the left and right. The far right barrel has no sign. Image 1 shows the road in and out of the dump. There is a dulldozer to the left of the check-in station. past the station is a sing with "VIP'S" on it to the lef tof that is a 76 station sign.
The contact photos have been cut and glued together to create a panoramic effect. In the middle of the makeshift strip is "Panorama" in black ink and an arrow pointing to the left. The image order from left to right is Image 41, 43, 44 and half of image 1.
The back of the contact photo strips has "Marvin Road Dump 1-5-1977" written on it.Made/Created
Date made
Jan 5, 1977Notes
Medium: Photographic Emulsion/Photographic Paper