Finding Aid to the Morrie Camhi Photograph Coll2015-021
Nicholas Beyelia
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
(c) 2015
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: Morrie Camhi Photograph
creator:
Camhi, Morrie, 1928-1999
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2015-021
Physical Description:
1 Photographic Prints
1 flat box
1 photographic print with matte frame.
9.5" x 12" (mounted to matte board and surrounded by a matte frame measuring 16" x 20")
Date (inclusive): 1982
Container: 1
Morrie Camhi was born in New York City in 1928 to Greek Jewish immigrant parents. He attended High School in Los Angeles and
studied English literature at UCLA. Camhi, a self-taught photographer, established a commercial photography business in Petaluma,
California. In 1972 he began to teach photography at San Francisco City College and later, Stanford University, U.C. Berkeley,
University of Oregon, Columbia College at Chicago, and Sonoma State University.
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[Box/folder #, or item name], Morrie Camhi Photograph, Coll2015-021, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Collection processed by Nicholas Beyelia, 2015.
One silver gelatin print produced by photographer Morrie Camhi and mounted to a matte frame. Back of matte frame is signed
and numbered by Camhi.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Stephen M. Hanna to ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at the USC Libraries, September 29, 2015
Dark Exotic Gay Man 1982
Physical Description: 1 Photographic PrintsPrint mounted to a matte board and surrounded by a larger matte frame9.5" x 12" (print) 16" x 20" (frame)
One silver gelatin print mounted to a matte board and surrounded by a matte frame. Image depicts a man seated on a table and
facing the camera. Camhi's signature appears below the image. Matte frame has personal ad reproduced in the lower right corner.
Back of the matte board has Cahmi's studio information and his image identification information.