News: Wittliff Gallery features Lonesome Dove photographs and new book

The Wittliff Gallery of Southwestern & Mexican Photography at Texas State University-San Marcos presents the 10th publication in its series, A Book of Photographs from Lonesome Dove by Bill Wittliff, bringing the sweeping visual imagery of the CBS miniseries to the printed page at last.

The major archive of these photographs (a total of 215), gifted by Wittliff and his wife Sally, resides in the Gallery’s permanent collection at Texas State’s Alkek Library; 60 of the images will be on view from August 23, 2007 -March 30, 2008. An exhibit reception/book launch is scheduled for October 13.

Published by the University of Texas Press, the large-format, 188-page book features over 100 of the toned black-and-white photographs created by Bill Wittliff—the award-winning screenwriter and co-executive producer of Lonesome Dove—which he selected from his archive of over 5,000 negatives shot on set.

Michele M. Miller
Media Relations & Promotions, Alkek Library Special Collections
Texas State University – San Marcos