Craig Ford’s Fine-Art Blog

Over the last 50 years, photographer Mimi Plumb has expertly and poignantly captured the evolution of the Western U.S. landscape and the lives of those within it. In her first solo museum exhibition, “Blazing Light: Photographs by Mimi Plumb” (Feb. 6-May 10, 2026), the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, presents three of her major bodies of work, featuring more than 100 photographs, including 26 recent acquisitions, captured in and around San Francisco and across the American West. Collectively, they contemplate how changes in geopolitics, the economy and the environment have shaped the anxieties of American life from the 1970s to today. Play this video at half speed. Photography © Mimi Plumb

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