Place holds memory.
Perspective is everything. Memory is layered.
Hi, I’m Claire. I make photographs and collages about the places around me: cabins, barns, old family photographs and the stories they hold onto. I grew up between Montana and the Tetons, and I keep coming back to the things that stay put while everything else changes. Have a look around, and say hello if a piece speaks to you.
Big Winter Teton Valley Historical Works
Historical Works
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Homesteads
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windows into the West
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rendezvous
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place holds memory
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historical Works
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Homesteads
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Windows into the West
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Wall of Work
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Place holds memory
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Selected Series
Homesteads
These works are about capturing a window into the historic west before it physically slips away.
The Works
Inspired by and in homage to those who settled in the Tetons as early pioneers of mountaineering, skiing, farming, and raising families.
Windows into The West
These works are an amalgamation of years of work, primarily focused in Montana, Idaho, and Alaska: my west.
About Claire
Claire Vitucci is a Teton Valley-based artist, photographer, and writer whose layered photographic works examine memory, vernacular history, and the changing landscapes of the interior West.
Photography gives me evidence. Collage lets me question it.
I combine contemporary photographs with historical images, fragments, and visual layers to make work that behaves more like memory than documentation.
Having grown up in a two-room cabin with no running water or electricity in Montana and in the Tetons.
It’s natural to wonder about the people who lived in that time, their mark on the land and in time, and the nature of an ever-changing place.
Claire’s 2026 show with Peggy Nishio at Teton Arts Gallery in Driggs. Stop by if you’re in the valley.
Writing
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Carole Ellen Lowe
Carole Ellen Lowe left us speechless at the grace of her quick and unexpected exit at age 74. She expired of natural causes with…
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Memorial to Remember: Lukas Neraas
Timeliness is not always my strong suit… Many of my updates during Luke’s illness were forced, given the fact that things were…
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Last Breaths
It feels like I’m waking up from a nightmare – the last 14 + months. At the end of it all, I…
Have a place you love?
Ask about a commission, a show, or a piece that caught your eye. Claire would be glad to hear from you.