About

Oliver Gagliani was an American photographer, a master of large format photography, darkroom technique, and the Zone System. Mostly self-taught, he is best known for his beautiful and haunting black-and-white photographs of ghost towns of the southwest. Born in Placerville, California, Oliver studied under and worked with some of the greatest photographers of the 20th century including, Ansel Adams, Minor White, Paul Caponigro, Cole Weston, Paul Strand, Ruth Bernhard and many others.