Richard Misrach, Oakland Fire #104-91

A backyard swimming pool still holds clear blue water, a calm mirror of the sky, while everything around it has burned: a lone chimney standing where a house was, blackened trees with rusted leaves, ash and rubble on the deck.
Title
Richard Misrach, Oakland Fire #104-91
Description
Richard Misrach, Oakland Fire #104-91 (Swimming Pool), 1991. Archival pigment print, 60 x 72 in. University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; gift of the artist.
Creator
Richard Misrach
Rights
© Richard Misrach 1991
Gift of the artist to BAMPFA

Part of 1991: The Oakland-Berkeley Fire Aftermath, Photographs by Richard Misrach