FREE. No RSVP necessary. Light refreshments provided. All are welcome.
Exhibit Overview
“The Last Coho” is a photography exhibit combining large-scale portraiture of endangered salmon with editorial excerpts that collectively illustrate the incredible effort to rehabilitate Coho in the Russian River Watershed. The salmon portraits place our native fish on a stage level with the charismatic megafauna of the Western identity (i.e. Bison, Grizzly Bear, etc.), illustrating them as a species worthy of our admiration, empathy, and reciprocity. Many of the portraits were shot on large format film using an heirloom land camera which the photographer inherited through a connection to Ansel Adams.
About the Artist
Kaare Iverson is an award-winning photographer based in Santa Rosa, California. His perspective, rooted in a history of natural resource extraction, explores our dependency on the natural world and how we can restore our relationship with it. He pronounces his name “Kory” and you can see more of his work at www.studioiverson.com.
Some of the exhibit’s photographs were featured in a recent article, “The Push to Save the Coho at Dry Creek” by Michael Shapiro and published in Sierra Club’s online magazine: https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/coho-salmon-warm-springs-dam-dry-creek.
The Gallery
The Heron Hall Gallery & Gift Shop exhibits three shows per year of local, nature-themed art. Sales support the Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation and its mission to restore and conserve this Wetland of International Importance. Due to the multiple uses of Heron Hall, the gallery is open by appointment only. Please schedule a time to see the exhibit: gallery@lagunafoundation.org.
Please note: “The Last Coho” by Kaare Iverson will be on display at the Laguna Environmental Center in Santa Rosa, CA from May 4 – August 30, 2024.
