Bio

Larry Angier, a California native, is a visual historian, photographer, and graphic artist who travels rural America and Eastern Europe’s Balkan Region photographing people, places, and the cultural landscape that portrays a sense of place. Beginning in his teens, he studied under Ansel Adams and several of his colleagues. His work covers more than six decades that covers two centuries. Larry’s photography is featured regularly in his local newspaper and regional magazines. The Amador Council of Tourism has featured his local photography since its inception in 2003. His fine-art photography hangs on the walls of the Superior Court of Amador County, Jackson Rancheria Resort Hotel, The Hotel Sutter, Sutter Amador Hospital, and in other local homes and businesses. Recent books showcasing Larry’s work include The Magnificent American West (2018), Serbian Christian Heritage of America, Icons of Jackson’s St. Sava Church (2019), 125 Years of Jackson’s Gem (2022), and Face to Face with the American West (2022). His photography is in the collections of the University of the Pacific in Stockton, the National Steinbeck Center, Salinas, Bodie State Historic Park, the Museum of Northeastern Nevada, Elko, Nev., Father Junipero Serra Museum, Petra, Mallorca, Spain, several of the historic California Spanish-era Missions, the Olympus Camera Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, and the National Ethnographic Museum, Belgrade, Serbia.