UPCOMING PRESENTATION: Dorothea Lange: Photographer and Agent for Change. This presentation will illustrate Dorothea Lange’s remarkable career as a professional photographer from the early to mid-20th century. Sponsored by the Oregon Alliance for the National Museum of Women in the Arts, this photo history presentation will be held in-person at the Pacific Northwest College of Art (PCNW) at 511 NW Broadway in Portland, OR, on Sunday, November 16, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. — free and open to the public.

Jennifer L. Stoots, AAA, has been working in the museum and gallery industry for over 30 years, in the photography marketplace for 27 years, and has been appraising documentary & fine art photographs, photographic archives, contemporary art, and artist estates for 22 years. Her knowledge of the photography market is particularly extensive and is augmented by 27 years working in the Northwest and contemporary art markets. For artworks outside of her areas of specialty, Stoots has a cadre of colleagues who are available for the valuation of artwork and collectibles in areas of Fine Craft and ceramics, Master prints, early American painting, Contemporary Chinese art, and traditional Native American art and crafts, among others.

As a personal property appraiser, Stoots can work anywhere and has helped clients and institutions across the United States and in Canada. (Client testimonials) In addition to her art appraisal work, she lectures on the economic history of fine art & the photography market, participates in public presentations centered around legacy and estate planning strategies for artists & photographers, and occasionally assists gallery colleagues at international photography fairs. Stoots has authored articles about the process and methodologies of appraisal valuations, as relates to photographs and photographic archives (e.g., essay included in the American Photography Archive Group’s The Photo Archive Handbook (2nd edition, 2024), and is currently engaged in research related to the (extraordinary) benefits of integrated arts education. Stoots is also a photo historian and has a series dedicated to photography history on social media.