Los Angeles Documentary Project photograph collection, 1979-1981

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Summary

Abstract:
Photographs and promotional material from the Los Angeles Documentary Project, a photographic survey of Los Angeles, 1979 to 1981.
Extent:
1.7 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Los Angeles Documentary Project photograph collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

A collection of 21 photographs and three promotional publications from the Los Angeles Documentary Project, a photographic survey of the city of Los Angeles in celebration of its bicentennial in 1981. Alan Jutzi and John Humble created the project for the Photography Museum, with financial assistance from the National Endowment for the Arts. The original project comprised 120 prints by eight photographers; these 21 prints are a sampling from the project and represent the work of six photographers: Joe Deal (1 print); Robbert Flick (6 prints, each containing a series of images); Douglas Hill (1 print); John Humble (2 prints); Bill Owens (9 prints, including self-portraits); and Susan Ressler (2 prints). Robbert Flick's photographs depict scenes in Marina del Rey, Venice Beach, Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles International Airport, and Centinela Park. The collection contains color photographs (some Cibachrome) and black-and-white photographs, and most are signed by the photographers. Works for the project were exhibited in Los Angeles at Mount Saint Mary's University, the Watts Towers Arts Center, and the San Pedro Art Gallery.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Alan Jutzi, 2015.
Processing information:

Processed by Suzanne Oatey in May 2022.

Physical / technical requirements:

RESTRICTED: Box housed in cold storage for preservation of color photographs; extended retrieval and delivery time required.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Terms of access:

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Los Angeles Documentary Project photograph collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2129
reference@huntington.org
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