Wolf Bay 1959 by John McCaskill

Alabama Gulf Coast, near Orange Beach, from the series Growing Up on the Gulf

John McCaskill

Wolf Bay 1959

Photogravure engraving

18 x 12 in

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This photogravure print was created at Crown Point Press in 2007 from a box-camera photograph taken along the Alabama Gulf Coast near Orange Beach in 1959. The image portrays Joann Gladney, the artist's mother-in-law, in a quiet moment at the water's edge. More than a documentary image, the photograph preserves a fleeting moment in her life and evokes a time and place that continue to resonate through family memory.

Printed from a copper plate using the traditional photogravure process, the work is part of the series Growing Up on the Gulf, an exploration of memory, family history, and the enduring connection between people and the landscapes that shape their lives.