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Photography plays a unique and powerful role in showing, not just telling, the stories of our beloved landscapes over time. Join us for an evening of reflection and storytelling with renowned local photographer Jerry Dodrill, who has spent the last three months photographing the wildfires in our county and documenting a changing climate and region, from the Meyers Fire along the coast to the Glass Fire on the eastern edge of the Laguna watershed. These stunning images show the connections of firefighting in California, our wild and urban lands, and fire ecology, all from the photographic lens and personal experience of a long-time local dedicated to showing the beauty and resilience of wild Sonoma County.

Jerry Dodrill is an acclaimed landscape and adventure photographer who studied fine art at Pacific Union College (Bachelors Fine Art, 1997) and assisted legendary California photographer Galen Rowell before launching his own career in 2000. Jerry’s images have been widely published in books and magazines. As a climber he has scaled most of the major walls in Yosemite and traveled extensively. He leads photography workshops and expeditions for Visionary Wild, sharing what he calls a “story-forward” approach to image making. Jerry was a co-founder of the Santa Rosa based camera bag company MindShift Gear, is on the boards of the B-Rad Foundation and Rock Ice & Mountain Club. He lives in and works from his studio in Bodega. Website: www.jerrydodrill.com