No longer in business.
William Pennington is one of the the old west's best photographers and his treasures are scarce and limited within private collections and museums. Original first generation photos will come up for auctions on rare occasions and an 8x10 Boudoir size can fetch $600-$3000 and larger formats command many thousands. Pennington's worked the first half of the 20 century through the mid and still shot photos up until the end of the century. His pieces were mainly of natives from the four corners region. He partnered with Orr and Dyke for many years with whom both were experts in showing the grande beauty in point of view shots of a town, park, monument or site and both had keen eyes in finding the right spot to set their camera up for an awe inspiring shot that every visiting tourist would likely purchase in the form of a post cards like those printed the most of Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde. Pennington May have used a similar back drop as in the famous Ship Rock scene with the 2 Navajos on horseback,but his focus was in the forefront and in the cultural aspect of these people showing remains of a nomadic life now ratcheted in by fences and whose culture slipping now as it does today yet more progressively dominated by western civilization. William Pennington's focused on the humanity of the humans he chose, while giving us viewers a window into the soul of those he chose by use of everyday characteristics that portray their lives. A potential buyer is soon a collector yearning for his work. read more
