Leon Sun photography archive, c. 1988 - 2018

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Summary

Creators:
Sun, Leon and Sun, Leon
Extent:
.8 Linear Feet (1 manuscript box and 1 half manuscript box) and 106 gigabyte(s) 1 flash drive, 20 DVD+Rs.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[identification of item], Leon Sun photography archive (M2856). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, California.

Background

Scope and content:

Consists of 10 folders containing photographic negatives, cd-roms; flash drive and contact sheets for documentary photos taken by Leon Sun. The photographic materials document Jesse Jackson's 1988 presidential campaign, pro-choice rallies, labor strikes, San Francisco's Chinatown, peace rallies, Asian/Pacific Islander Americans, the Dakota Access Pipeline protests in Standing Rock and the Bay Area, and trips to the American South and China.

Biographical / historical:

Leon Sun is a photographer, artist, graphic designer and activist based in San Francisco, California.

Leon Sun was born 1948 in Shanghai, China. His family migrated to Hong Kong in 1957. In 1966 he came as a student to the United States. In 1973 Sun graduated from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco with a Fine Arts degree in photography. He also received a BA in Political Science from Loyola Marymount University in 1977 and an MA in East Asian Studies from the University of Washington in 1979.

Leon Sun worked with Asian American artists groups such as Japantown Art & Media Workshop, Kearny Street Workshop, East Wind, Unity/La Unidad (the newspaper for the League of Revolutionary Struggle) and Community Asian Art & Media Project (CAAMP). He was the CAAMP director from 1979 to 1981. Sun worked as a freelance photographer, graphic designer and illustrator from 1982-1989. From 1989 until his retirement in 2003 Leon Sun worked as a photographer and graphic artist for the city of Richmond.

Sun also participated in multi-cultural, ad hoc artist groups doing international support work for Palestine, El Salvador and Cuba. Leon's artwork has been shown in local, national and international venues.

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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Digital materials have been processed and are available at the collection's catalog record.

Terms of access:

While Special Collections is the owner of the physical items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.

Preferred citation:

[identification of item], Leon Sun photography archive (M2856). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, California.

Location of this collection:
Department of Special Collections, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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