Marilyn Sanders Photographs, 1976-1991

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Summary

Creators:
Sanders, Marilyn
Abstract:
The collection consists of 88 black and white, plus some Ektachrome color, photographs taken by Los Angeles based photographer Marilyn Sanders during the period 1976-1991. These are portraits of famous writers, artists, UCLA dignitaries, booksellers, plus photos of the Los Angeles area and examples from her two series WO-MAN WORKING and FATHERS, which documented the ways in which men's and women's roles had been affected by the Women's movement.
Extent:
6 flat boxes
Language:
Finding aid is written in English. and Materials are in English.

Background

Scope and content:

Included in the collection are 88 photographs of such luminaries in the contemporary cultural landscape as Wallace Stegner, Czeslaw Milosz, Don Bacardy, Robert Graham, Bella Lewitzky, and Isamu Noguchi, as well as those of UCLA dignitaries and leaders in the book selling and publishing professions. The collection includes photographs from her 1977-1981 studies of women laboring in non-traditional jobs, as welders, mechanics and utility workers (WO-MEN WORKING), and of men acting as fully involved parents in raising their children (FATHERS). Other photographs in the collection are of sculptures in the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden at UCLA, and of Los Angeles area scenes, including her Palisades Park Series. Most photos are black and white, although there are also examples of her Ektachrome color photos.

Biographical / historical:

Marilyn Sanders, a Los Angeles based photographer, developed her interest in the visual arts out of her training as an actress and a producer on documentary films. She is best known for her portraits of writers and artists. At the beginning of her career as a photographer, she supported her family with assignments from corporate clients. She then began to document the ways in which men's and women's roles had been affected by the women's movement, for example, in her WO-MEN WORKING and FATHERS series.

Acquisition information:
Gifts from individuals and from the UCLA Friends of the Library, and purchase.
Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Portraits
  2. UCLA Sculpture Garden
  3. Palisades Park
  4. WO-MEN Working
  5. Los Angeles Area Photographs

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Photographs.

Access and use

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
AskLSC@library.ucla.edu
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