Morley Baer

Morley Baer Photographer, 1916-1995. Honoring Baerโ€™s vision and photography.

Kiva, San Ildefonso, New Mexico, 1973. Gelatin silver print. By Morley Baer. Copyright Morley Baer Photography Trust.
05/30/2025

Kiva, San Ildefonso, New Mexico, 1973. Gelatin silver print. By Morley Baer. Copyright Morley Baer Photography Trust.

04/26/2025

Last weekend to see ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ: ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฎ ๐˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ!

This groundbreaking exhibition, guest curated by Cydney Payton, is the first to focus exclusively on photographer Morley Baerโ€™s modernist architectural photography. Featuring never-before-seen works from the Museum's historical archives, it offers a powerful look at the evolution of Midcentury, Late Modern, and Organic Architecture across Northern California through Baer's eyes.

Don't miss your chance to stop by the Museum to see Baer's work before the exhibition closes on April 27!

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Morley Baer (1916โ€“1995),๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ, ๐˜Œ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ, ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ, ๐˜Š๐˜ˆ, 1963, gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 in. Monterey Museum of Art Archives, Morley Baer Collection ยฉ 2025, the Morley Baer Photography Trust, Santa Fe. All Rights reserved. Used by permission.

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03/28/2025

What is organic architecture?

Throughout his career, photographer Morley Baer traveled extensively between Big Sur and Sea Rach to photograph the emerging styles of California architecture. Along with his documentation of Mid-century Modern design, one of the most prominent architectural styles Baer captured was the style of organic architecture. But what is organic architecture?

Focusing on the relationship between natural and built structures, organic design is characterized by its use of natural materials, site-specific approach, and seamless integration with the environment. Blurring the lines between architecture and landscape, it seeks to soften the contrast between constructed and natural elements, creating a seamless flow between the built and the organic.

Looking at this building, what elements of organic design can you see through Baer's photograph? And, how does Baer emphasize this relationship between the natural and built environments through the composition of his photograph?

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Morley Baer (1916โ€“1995), ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ, ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ, ๐˜Š๐˜ˆ, 1947โ€“1949, gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 inches. Monterey Museum of Art Archives, Morley Baer Collection. ยฉ 2025, the Morley Baer Photography Trust, Santa Fe. All Rights reserved. Used by permission

03/28/2025

Do any of these scenes look familiar?

For those of you who live in Monterey County, you may recognize some of these buildings. Whether you've made an unfortunate trip to the emergency room, gone in for a dental cleaning, or taken a drive around town, these iconic Monterey buildings seemed to have caught photographer Morley Baer's eye. How does your perception of these places change after viewing them through Baer's lens?

Make sure to stop by the Museum to take a look at more iconic Monterey architecture in our new exhibition, ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ: ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฎ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ guest curated by Cydney Payton.

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Morley Baer (1916โ€“1995), ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ, ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ, ๐˜Š๐˜ˆ, 1972, gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 in. Monterey Museum of Art Archives, Morley Baer Collection ยฉ 2025, the Morley Baer Photography Trust, Santa Fe. All Rights Reserved. Used by permission.

Morley Baer (1916โ€“1995), ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜–๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ, ๐˜Š๐˜ˆ, 1973, gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 in. Monterey Museum of Art Archives, Morley Baer Collection ยฉ 2025, the Morley Baer Photography Trust, Santa Fe. All Rights Reserved. Used by permission.

Morley Baer (1916โ€“1995), ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ด, ๐˜Š๐˜ˆ, 1968, gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 in. Monterey Museum of Art Archives, Morley Baer Collection ยฉ 2025, the Morley Baer Photography Trust, Santa Fe. All Rights Reserved. Used by permission.

Morley Baer (1916โ€“1995), ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ, ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜Š๐˜ˆ, 1967, gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 in. Monterey Museum of Art Archives, Morley Baer Collection ยฉ 2025, the Morley Baer Photography Trust, Santa Fe. All Rights Reserved. Used by permission.

03/28/2025
01/07/2025

๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ: ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฎ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ on view January 16!

Morley Baer (1916โ€“1995), ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ [๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ข ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ] ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด, ๐˜Š๐˜ˆ, 1966, gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 inches. ยฉ2025, the Morley Baer Photography Trust, Santa Fe. All Rights Reserved. Used by permission Sur to the modernist enclaves of Sea Ranch, reflecting the evolution of Late Modern, organic, and Mid-century designs.

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Morley Baer (1916โ€“1995), ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ [๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ข ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ] ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด, ๐˜Š๐˜ˆ, 1966, gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 inches. ยฉ2025, the Morley Baer Photography Trust, Santa Fe. All Rights reserved. Used by permission

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Sea Ranch, 1967. Silver Gelatin print. By Morley Baer. Copyright Morley Baer Photography Trust.
12/10/2024

Sea Ranch, 1967. Silver Gelatin print. By Morley Baer. Copyright Morley Baer Photography Trust.

Sea Ranch, CA. Gelatin silver print. October 1965. By Morley Baer
12/03/2024

Sea Ranch, CA. Gelatin silver print. October 1965. By Morley Baer

Leisure House, Mill Valley, CA. Gelatin silver print. October 1952. By Morley Baer
12/03/2024

Leisure House, Mill Valley, CA. Gelatin silver print. October 1952. By Morley Baer

Stone House, Carmel, CA. Gelatin silver print. Date Unknown. By Morley Baer
12/03/2024

Stone House, Carmel, CA. Gelatin silver print. Date Unknown. By Morley Baer

Round Valley and Mount Tom, Eastern Sierra, 1974, Gelatin silver print by Morley Baer
12/02/2024

Round Valley and Mount Tom, Eastern Sierra, 1974, Gelatin silver print by Morley Baer

Cypress Tree, Point Lobos, 1989, gelatin silver photograph, Agfa Portiga Rapid paper by Morley Baer
12/02/2024

Cypress Tree, Point Lobos, 1989, gelatin silver photograph, Agfa Portiga Rapid paper by Morley Baer

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