Finding aid for the Guatemalan Civil War press photographs 6232
Bo Doub
USC Libraries Special Collections
2021 June
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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Guatemalan Civil War press photographs
Creator:
Bazzy, Derrill, 1954-
Creator:
Finkle, Harvey
Identifier/Call Number: 6232
Physical Description:
0.21 Linear Feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1980-1996
Abstract: A collection of 30 black and white press photographs of Guatemalan people impacted by the Guatemalan Civil War and the Guatemalan
genocide, dating from the 1980s and 1990s. The images show indigenous life and customs, the impact of people being displaced,
and Guatemalan people in refugee camps in Mexico. The photographs were shot by two different American photographers: Derrill
Bazzy and Harvey Finkle. Several of the images have captions. For example, one caption (written on verso) notes: "2nd grade
teacher in one of the Guatemalan refugee schools in Mexico. The teacher himself only has a third grade education, yet has
studied more than anyone else in camp. Mexico. 1986." Another caption reads: "'prisoners' in feed line at (Nebag) army base,
captured in the mountains and held for 2 months of questioning and re-education. Derrill Bazzy."
Language of Material:
English
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Container: 1
In the 1980s, Derrill Bazzy was a photographer living in Guatemala, where he documented human rights violations against indigenous
tribes. His work is included in the book:
Rescatando Nuestra Memoria: Represión, Refugio y Recuperación de las Poblaciones Desarraigadas por la Violencia en Guatemala (2009 - F&G Editores). Commenting on his work, Bazzy said: "It was an education tool for the next generation to learn about
what happened, that's why I took the photographs so people could have a record," he said in a newspaper interview. "I can't
begin to say how terrible it was there... those photographs belong to them [the Guatemalan people] and having them as an archive
is a wonderful opportunity." The Museum of Modern Art has holdings of Bazzy's work.
Additional photographs in the collection are the work of Harvey Finkle, a documentary still photographer from Philadelphia
who has produced a substantial body of work concerned with social, political, and cultural issues. His work has been extensively
exhibited and published, including four books entitled,
Urban Nomads,
Still Home: Jews of South Philadelphia,
Reading, and
Independent Living: The People Behind the Movement.
A collection of 30 black and white press photographs of Guatemalan people impacted by the Guatemalan Civil War and the Guatemalan
genocide, dating from the 1980s and 1990s. The images show indigenous life and customs, the impact of people being displaced,
and Guatemalan people in refugee camps in Mexico. The photographs were shot by two different American photographers: Derrill
Bazzy and Harvey Finkle. Several of the images have captions. For example, one caption (written on verso) notes: "2nd grade
teacher in one of the Guatemalan refugee schools in Mexico. The teacher himself only has a third grade education, yet has
studied more than anyone else in camp. Mexico. 1986." Another caption reads: "'prisoners' in feed line at (Nebag) army base,
captured in the mountains and held for 2 months of questioning and re-education. Derrill Bazzy."
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Guatemalan Civil War press photographs, Collection no. 6232, Special Collections, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Johnson Rare Books & Archives, June 15, 2021.
Many of the descriptive notes in this finding aid were adapted from descriptions by the immediate source of the material,
Johnson Rare Books & Archives.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Genocide -- Guatemala -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Guatemala -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1996 -- Archival resources
Indigenous peoples -- Guatemala -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Mayas -- Guatemala -- Social life and customs -- Archival resources
Refugee camps -- Mexican-Guatemalan Border Region -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Refugees -- Guatemala -- 20th century -- Archival resources
News photographs
Photographs
Bazzy, Derrill, 1954- -- Photographs
Finkle, Harvey -- Photographs