Loretta Ayeroff, The Motel Series, Desert Hot Springs, California

In this series, Loretta creates formal documentary images that reference human absence, marking a shift away from traditional, pristine landscape photography to an un-romanticized view of a decaying post-WWII man-made urban landscape.

Loretta Ayeroff, Orange Umbrella, The Motel Series, Desert Hot Springs, 1981, color Kodachrome Type R print, 11 x 14 in. Gift of the artist. 13-2002.5.