GALLERY ARTIST: Wanda Hammerbeck

Residence: Pasadena, CA Education: BA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1967; MA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1973; MFA, San Francisco Art Institute, 1977 Professional Affiliation: self-employed Selected Awards: NEA Individual Artist Fellowship, 1977, 1979, 1980

Hammerbeck has been photographing the landscapes of the American West for the past three decades. She is a member of the "Waters in the West Project." And is completing a work on a book about the far-flung sources of water tapped to supply the greater Los Angeles.