From the bluffs overlooking Drakes Beach, Jan Watson clicked her camera to capture 94 naked women lying on the shore, spelling out the word “peace” with their bodies. Part of an antiwar project led by Donna Sheehan, the protest is one of many unique junctures Ms. Watson captured in West Marin between 1982 and 2009. Ms. Watson, who now lives in Hawaii, returned to Point Reyes Station this spring for a retrospective exhibit at the gallery at Toby’s Feed Barn. “There’s a way that Point Reyes can open its arms to you and take you in,” Ms. Watson said. “I think a lot of people can recognize themselves and their friends from all those years ago from these photos.” As a member of the then-new Gallery Route One, Ms. Watson documented every moment she could, subsidizing her pursuit with a job at the Station House Café. The exhibit features diverse moments, from Western Weekend to posed shots from the 2006 Marin Organic calendar. A series of photos documents the iconic AIDS quilt in Point Reyes Station in 1988, its first rural stop in America. There are landscapes and a series of cattle dogs outside the Bovine Bakery. Shooting on film allowed Ms. Watson to create multiple versions of her photos, each one made different in the dark room. “Her composure and patience in the dark room was like magic to watch,” said her partner, Rhiannon. Many of her prints are available for visitors to take home from the show. On Sunday, Seahaven resident Rebecca Porrata had collected a stack that chronicled her work bringing the AIDS quilt to town with other community members. “Many of these people have passed,” Ms. Porrata said. “It seems so long ago yet so close.” Jan Watson’s exhibit, “I Was There: The People, The Stories, The Light 27 Years in a Place Called Point Reyes” shows through March 30. She will speak at 3 p.m. on March 19, and on March 26, Rhiannon, a jazz vocalist, performs with dancer Margie Gillis at 3 p.m.