Hoover Dam Shapes the West! A Photographic Lesson by Jim Ballinger

Jim Ballinger, Director Emeritus, of the Phoenix Art Museum, brings his unparalleled expertise to a captivating exploration of the Hoover Dam’s photographic history—revealing how America’s most ambitious depression era construction project was documented from its earliest days in the 1930s. Through rare images and insider insight, he illustrates how the dam’s massive arch‑gravity design shaped the Southwest, enabled irrigation, generated hydropower, and forever transformed the landscape. This engaging presentation, includes photos made by Ansel Adams, Margaret Bourke-White, and Edward Weston; and offers audiences a vivid visual journey behind one of the most iconic engineering feats in American history.
The session will conclude with Q&A.
This public event is co-hosted by Artlink and AZPA during Art Detour.