Lynching; Photography; Trees; Getty Research Institute; Art Exhibitions; Tables; Chairs
"Nightfall II," as installed at Getty Research Institute, Scholar Common Room. Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went searching for California's historic hang trees. While some of the locations of the trees in this series are certain, others...
Art Exhibitions; Photography; Lynching; Steve Turner Gallery
"Two men were found on a tree" (at left), and "Into eternity" (far right), as shown in installation shot of "Past Over" exhibition at Steve Turner Contemporary in Los Angeles.
A blank postcard that was part of a series of postcards in which the lynch victim was removed as part of a conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching in California. This postcard back was...
A blinded folded woman kneeling next to a person holding a blade in a scene from fictitious frontier novel, The Bone-Grass Boy: The Secret Banks of the Conejos River.
A brick wall stands in front of parking spaces. Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went searching for California's historic hang trees. While some of the locations of the trees in this series are certain, others were taken in approximate...
A broken tree in daylight and buildings in the background. Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went searching for California's historic hang trees. While some of the locations of the trees in this series are certain, others were taken in...
Soldiers; Military uniforms; Buildings; Wood poles
A crowd of soldiers stand in front of a building while several soldiers stand across from them. The five lynch victims have been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching in...
A group of men wearing hats stand around a telephone pole and mountains are in the distance. The lynch victim has been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching in...
A group of people holding firearms watch a man about to be hanged. "A Murderer Lynched by Californian Emigrants - From a Sketch by Our Own Correspondent" is printed on the bottom of the image.
A group of people stand around a tree. The lynch victim has been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching in California. See Lynching in the West: 1850-1935 (Duke, 2006).
A group of people stand around a tree. The lynch victim has been removed in this conceptually driven photographic series which sought to raise awareness of the history of lynching in California. See Lynching in the West: 1850-1935 (Duke, 2006).
A jail stands next to a road and trees grow around it. Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went searching for California's historic hang trees. While some of the locations of the trees in this series are certain, others were taken in...
A jukebox and a table with chairs stands against a wall. A mural is visible along the wall and plaques hang below it. Using archival records, Gonzales-Day went searching for California's historic hang trees. While some of the locations of the...
A landscape is pictured on a building wall and trees stand next to the building. This image shows the proposed placement for a public art project, installated at the Los Angeles County Administrative Building at 84th and Vermont in Los Angeles. ...
