Spectrum Gallery

30 years ago exhibitions of photography as an art form appeared very infrequently, especially in the San Joaquin Valley. It was at that time a growing number of photographic artists started to congregate in a darkroom rental gallery establishment called Photo-Synthesis. By 1979 this group of local photographers established a not-for-profit cooperative to build a local forum for the fine art of photography. In 1980 the group rented a space in Fresno's Tower District, and referring to the broad range of work produced.