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Lee Saloutos: Nevada Mines

CAE2004

Summary Note

Photographer Lee Saloutos explored rural northern and central Nevada, seeking out mid-20th century mining sites in order to photograph their facilities, most notably office and work interiors, which are seldom documented and imaged.

Biographical Note

Lee Saloutos was born in Wisconsin in 1953, where he grew up. He first studied for three years in the Fine Arts program at the University of Wisconsin Madison before earning a BS there in Electrical Engineering in 1977. He moved later that year to Northern California where he stayed until 1993, then lived in central Virginia before moving to Reno, Nevada in 2018. Saloutos had continued photographing after his college graduation and subsequent career in technology, and in 1999 became a full-time photographer. He switched from shooting color 35mm film to medium format film around 2000 and quite a few years later to medium format digital. Initially all his print work was Cibachrome. He made the transition to digital printing in 2005. He has a digital darkroom where he does his own scanning and printing.

Scope and Content

Photographer Lee Saloutos explored rural northern and central Nevada, seeking out mid-20th century mining sites in order to photograph their facilities, most notably office and work interiors, which are seldom documented and imaged. Materials include photographic prints and artist information.

Arrangement

This archive is organized into two folders which are arranged by subject.

Inclusive Dates

2005-2022

Bulk Dates

2006-2011

Quantity / Extent

.5 cubic feet

Language

English

Related Publications

Berger, Alan. Reclaiming the American West. New York NY: Princeton Architectural Press, 2002.

Churchill Arts Council. Scapes Spaces: Nina Elder: Marred Landscapes, Lee Saloutos: Nevada Mines. Fallon, NV: Churchill Arts Council, 2013.

Saloutos, Lee. Abandoned Prisons. Publica place not identified: self-published, not dated.

Saloutos, Lee. Nevada Mines. Publica place not identified: self-published, not dated

Saloutos, Lee. Smoke Creek and Black Rock. Publica place not identified: self-published, not dated

Saloutos, Lee. Surfaces. Publica place not identified: self-published, not dated.

Saloutos, Lee. The Salton Sea. Publica place not identified: self-published, not dated.

Saloutos, Lee. The Sky Here. Publica place not identified: self-published, 2023.

Saloutos, Lee. Wonder Valley Houses. Publica place not identified: self-published, not dated.

Container Listing:

  • ARCH-FILE 71-1

    • Folder 1 Artist Information and Statements, 2020
    • Folder 2 Nevada Mining Facilities Images, 2005 – 2011

Additional Materials

    Archive F25 Oversized Items

    • 2#1 Office, Tempiute NV, #1, Digital Pigment Print, 2005
    • 2#2 Changing Room, Pioche NV, #1, Digital Pigment Print, 2006
    • 2#3 Old Ruth Pit, Ely NV, #2, Digital Pigment Print, 2006
    • 2#4 Ore Samples, Old Ruth Pit, Ely NV, #1, Digital Pigment Print, 2006
    • 2#5 Lab Ice, Ward NV, #1, Digital Pigment Print, 2007
    • 2#6 Office, Caselton NV, #1, Digital Pigment Print, 2007
    • 2#7 Compressor, Caselton, NV, #1, Digital Pigment Print, 2007
    • 2#8 Shower, Caselton NV, #2, Digital Pigment Print, 2007
    • 2#9 Changing Room, Caselton NV, #2, Digital Pigment Print, 2007
    • 2#10 Office, Caselton, NV, #2, Digital Pigment Print, 2007
    • 2#11 Control Room, Taylor Project, Ely, NV, #1, Digital Pigment Print, 2007
    • 2#12 Changing Room, Ely Valley Mill, Pioche, NV, #1, Digital Pigment Print, 2007
    • 2#13 Changing room, Eureka NV, #9, Digital Pigment Print, 2008
    • 2#14 Generator House, Eureka NV, #3, Digital Pigment Print, 2008
    • 2#15 Machine shop, Eureka NV, #6, Digital Pigment Print, 2008
    • 2#16 Hoist house, Eureka NV, #4, Digital Pigment Print, 2008
    • 2#17 Generator House, Eureka NV, #4, Digital Pigment Print, 2008
    • 2#18 Changing Room, Yerington NV, #1, Digital Pigment Print, 2011
    • 2#19 Shower, Yerington NV, #5, Digital Pigment Print, 2011
    • 2#20 Wrecked Lab, Yerington NV, #2, Digital Pigment Print, 2011