Jana Marcus papers
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Title: Jana Marcus papers
Dates: 2004-2012
Collection Number: 2022-16
Creator/Collector:
Marcus, Jana
Extent: 33 linear feet
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: The Jana Marcus papers includes exhibit photographs, text panels, a book, and related material from her Transfigurations project.
Transfigurations was a photographic series focused on the transgender community in Northern California. The exhibit includes
portrait photographs of transgender people and personal statements. Transfigurations the exhibit toured galleries and universities
across the United States in the 2000s. Jana Marcus has been an award winning Bay Area photographer for over 30 years. She
received her MFA from San Jose State University and a BA in Community Studies from the University of California at Santa Cruz.
The collection includes a digital copy of the book that can be made available for personal research and scholarship; contact
the archivist for access.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright to material has not been transferred to the GLBT Historical Society. Jana Marcus retains copyright. All requests
for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical
Society Archivist. Permission for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material is given on behalf of
the GLBT Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright
holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
[Identification of item]. Jana Marcus papers. Collection Number: 2022-16. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Jana Marcus, August 2021.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Jana Marcus papers includes exhibit photographs, text panels, a book, and related material from her Transfigurations project.
Transfigurations was a photographic series focused on the transgender community in Northern California. The exhibit includes
portrait photographs of transgender people and personal statements. Transfigurations the exhibit toured galleries and universities
across the United States in the 2000s. Jana Marcus has been an award winning Bay Area photographer for over 30 years. She
received her MFA from San Jose State University and a BA in Community Studies from the University of California at Santa
Cruz. The collection includes a digital copy of the book that can be made available for personal research and scholarship;
contact the archivist for access.
LGBTQ
Transgender people
Photography
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)