Spring Snow, View of Rennie Booher’s House, Danville, Virginia 1974

"Spring Snow, View of Rennie Booher’s House, Danville, Virginia" is a black and white photograph taken in 1974 by Emmet Gowin, known for his intimate, often personal, approach to landscape photography. This image, framed within a circular composition, captures a snowy scene from the vantage point of a snow-laden tree. Gowin's use of a wide-angle lens, a recurring element in his work, creates a distorted perspective that emphasizes the textured branches and their relationship to the distant houses. The photograph's title connects the scene to a specific location, lending it an element of personal narrative, a hallmark of Gowin's photographic style.