Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Linwood, Elliott, 1956-
- Abstract:
- Linwood describes the suite: "black and white street photographs taken in the afternoons of 1990, mostly of San Francisco. These twelve images document moments of sun-drenched, and in San Francisco's case fog-reflected, afternoon light. Their ethnographic content and theatrical composition portrays city, monuments, reflections, and people enrapt in gritty commerces of gender, race, style and power within a collage of visual difference."
- Extent:
- 12 black and white photographic prints (in 1 oversized flat box).
- Language:
- Collection materials are in English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Elliott Linwood "Outskirts" (GLC 214), LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Linwood provides a title and a description for each photograph. He describes the suite: "black and white street photographs taken in the afternoons of 1990, mostly of San Francisco. These twelve images document moments of sun-drenched, and in San Francisco's case fog-reflected, afternoon light. Their ethnographic content and theatrical composition portrays city, monuments, reflections, and people enrapt in gritty commerces of gender, race, style and power within a collage of visual difference."
- Biographical / historical:
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Elliott Linwood is a photographer and conceptual artist who is well known for his large-scale photo grids. He was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, on July 14, 1956; later he moved to New York City, and he is now based in San Diego, California. He received a B.A. from New York University in 1982, and an M.A. in art and education from San Francisco State University in 1993. He came out just before the AIDS crisis began.
- Acquisition information:
- Donated by Elliott Linwood, August 1997.
- Arrangement:
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Photographs are arranged according to the photographer's preference.
- Physical location:
- The collection is stored onsite.
- Physical facet:
- Dimensions: 11-inches x 14-inches, matted to 16-inches x 20-inches.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is available during Photo Desk hours: Tuesdays 1-5; Thursdays 1-5; Saturdays 10-12, 1-5.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright retained by Elliott Linwood.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Elliott Linwood "Outskirts" (GLC 214), LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library.
- Location of this collection:
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San Francisco Public Library100 Larkin StreetSan Francisco, CA 94102, US
- Contact:
- (415) 557-4567