Guide to the Jerry Burchfield Laguna Canyon posters MS.R.107
Finding aid prepared by Zoe MacLeod, 2012; inventory added by Zoe MacLeod,
2020.
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Title: Jerry Burchfield Laguna Canyon posters
Creator:
Burchfield, Jerry
Creator:
Chamberlain, Mark
Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.107
Physical Description:
0.3 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): circa 1989-1999
Abstract: This collection contains two posters
documenting environmentalist activities engaged in by Jerry Burchfield and Mark Chamberlain,
two professional photographers living in Laguna Beach, California. The posters are titled
The tell: phase viii - Laguna Canyon Project, circa
1989-1990 and
Save the canyon, circa 1998-1999.
Language of Material: Collection materials are in
English.
The collection is open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. For permissions to reproduce or
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Acquired, 2003.
Processed by Zoe MacLeod, 2012.
Jerry Burchfield, born in 1947, was an photographer living in Southern California. From
1973 to 1987, Burchfield co-owned BC Space Gallery in Laguna Beach. Much of the art
displayed in this gallery had political implications, particularly about environmental
issues. Burchfield and other photographers began photographing and documenting Laguna Cayon
in 1974 in order to try to prevent a development being built there. Burchfield published
several books on photography and he was also a professor and photography gallery director at
Cypress College from 1987 to 2009. Burchfield passed away in September 2009.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection contains two posters documenting environmentalist activities engaged in by
Jerry Burchfield and Mark Chamberlain, two professional photographers living in Laguna
Beach, California. The posters are titled
The Tell: Phase
VIII
- Laguna Canyon Project, circa 1989-1990 and
Save the
Canyon
, circa 1998-1999.
The Tell: Phase VIII was a
scultped photographic mural which was on display in Laguna Canyon from 1989 to 1990. It was
636 feet long and was made up of over 80,000 photographs.
Save the
Canyon
is a poster that raises awareness about the potential of a development
being built in Laguna Canyon.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Laguna Canyon (Calif.) -- Photographs
Photographers -- California -- Orange County.
Environmental protection -- California -- Orange County -- History --
Sources.
Posters -- 20th century.
Environmental protection in art
folder accn2003-037 XOS1
XOS Folder 1 circa 1989-1999