Mark Klett: Desert Citizens
DATES: Now - Sept. 7
TIMES: 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.
PRICE: Included with Membership or Garden Admission
Experience the Sonoran Desert through the lens of award-winning Arizona landscape photographer Mark Klett in this photography exhibit. With a career spanning more than four decades, Klett reframes our notions of time, cultural memory and the land around us.
“The saguaro only grows in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona and Sonora, Mexico. They are magnificent plants and walking among them gives a presence that is undeniably human. For centuries, people native to the region have considered saguaros to be the souls of lost ancestors.”
– Mark Klett
Mark Klett is a photographer interested in the intersection of places, history and time. His background includes working as a geologist before turning to photography. Klett has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Japan/U.S. Friendship Commission. His work has been exhibited and published in the United States and internationally, and is held in over eighty museum collections worldwide. He is the author/co-author of nineteen books including “Seeing Time, Forty Years of Photographs” (University of Texas Press 2020). Klett is Regents’ Professor Emeritus at Arizona State University.
Gallery closed during private events.
YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE
Spring Garden: After Dark
Now - May 31
Experience Garden: After Dark, where the desert shines brighter and the trails glow with color to create a perfect nighttime escape.
Ballet in Bloom: An Evening at Desert Botanical Garden
May 13-30
By popular demand, An Evening at Desert Botanical Garden is back and better than ever before! Surrounded by the magnificent desert landscape with the setting sun as its backdrop, this audience favorite now features two ballet experiences as a double-feature event.
Dog Days of Summer
Saturdays, May 16 – Sept. 26
Beat the heat with your four-legged best friend. Early mornings are made for wagging tails and cool trails, and the Garden opens its paths for pups and their people to explore the desert together.
