Rust-orange bricks once arranged as sturdy walls now rest in soot-stained piles of rubble.

Trees stretch their charred branches upward desperate for the sky’s blue reprieve.

Buildings with charred siding lay crumpled like pages of a roadmap on the ground.

On Friday, Oct. 17, confront the destruction and desolation left behind by fire when the Holter Museum of Art hosts a reception for Ruth Morgan’s photographic series “Requiem: The Remains of the Day.” The exhibition, which opened on Aug. 8 and runs through Oct. 19, presents haunting photographs that document the devastation of the 2021 Dixie fire in Greenville, California.

“It’s always been the responsibility of photography specifically to document reality,” said Gianna Sherman, curator and director of exhibitions at the Holter. “Huma

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