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Contributing Institution:
University of California, Santa Cruz
Title: Annie Wells Photographs
Creator:
Wells, Annie
Identifier/Call Number: MS.200
Physical Description:
12 Linear Feet
7 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1988-1997
Physical Description: The majority of the
photographs are color, 11x14 inches, dry-mounted and matted, with an overall size of 16x20
inches. Some photogrpahs are 16x20 inches dry-mounted and matted, with an overall size of
20x30 inches. Includes some black and white photographs.
Language of Material:
English
Collection is open for research.
Property rights for this collection reside with the University of California. Literary
rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. The publication
or use of any work protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use for research or
educational purposes requires written permission from the copyright owner. Responsibility
for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user. For more
information on copyright or to order a reproduction, please visit
guides.library.ucsc.edu/speccoll/reproduction-publication.
Annie Wells Photographs MS 200. Special Collections and Archives, University Library,
University of California, Santa Cruz.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired from Annie Wells.
Annie Wells is photographer known for her photojournalism work at the Los Angeles Times,
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat, and the San Francisco bureau Associated Press. Wells won the
1997 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography for her photograph of fire fighter Don Lopez
rescuing 15-year-old Marglyn Paseka from the flooded Matanzas Creek in Sonoma County,
California. Wells received a B.A. from University of California Santa Cruz in science
writing, and studied photojournalism at San Francisco State University. Her work is part of
the permanent collection in the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
This collection consists of photographs from Annie Well's professional career in
photojournalism.
This collection is arranged into six series:
Series 1: Children Harvesting Grapes
Series 2: Nutcracker Dreams
Series 3: Quinceañera Celebration
Series 4: Alliance Medical Clinic
Series 5: A Death without Fear
Series 6: Features and News
Description of photographs and series provided by Annie Wells.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Los Angeles times Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, Calif.)Photojournalism