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Francesca Roccaforte papers
1977-1994
2165
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Title: Francesca Roccaforte papers
Collection number: 2165
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.25 linear ft.
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1977-1994
Abstract: Francesca Roccaforte is a photographer and teacher living in San Francisco, California. This collection contains photographic
prints from several of her projects ranging from documenting horse races to Italian historical sites.
Physical location: COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Creator:
Roccaforte, Francesca
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
[Identification of item], Francesca Roccaforte papers (Collection 2165). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
7384781
Provenance unknown. This collection is part of an outreach and collection-building partnership between the
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives , the
UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW) and the
UCLA Library .
Processed by Stacy Wood, 2013.
The
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archive at UCLA is an outreach and collection-building partnership between the
June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives , the
UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW) and the
UCLA Library . These collections expand the pool of primary source materials available to researchers and to the community at large. This
partnership was initiated by CSW and is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to inventory, organize,
preserve, and digitize more than eighty Mazer collections pertaining to lesbian and feminist activism and writings.
Francesca Roccaforte was born and raised in New York City, where her early love of photography and aesthetics was nurtured
and developed by her parents and environment. Her first solo show was at an organization called the "Door" in the West Village
in the 1970s. The "Door" nurtured her creative teenage energy and enabled her to prepare for both intense photographic studies
at the School of Visual Arts and Creative Writing at Hunter College in New York. She spent four years immersed in photo studies,
and working part time as a documentary photographer, performing arts photographer and darkroom technician. She has taken workshops
and classes with W. Eugene Smith, Ansel Adams, Eve Sonneman, Cora Wright Kennedy, Dena, and Alice Beck at the School of Visual
Arts.
Roccaforte relocated to the San Francisco area at the age of 23 after a photography trip documenting spirituality and religious
customs in Italy, Israel and the United States. She was employed in several photography labs and camera stores and completed
her visual arts education in California by earning degrees and/or certificates from The California College of Arts, Berkeley
City College and Cal State East Bay. Her thesis project, which focused on portraits and accompanying oral herstories of Italian
women was both exhibited and published in the 1990s. She has worked as a freelance photographer, worked in educational and
medical institutions and assisted with production and operational aspects of film festivals and accompanying events. Currently,
she teaches beginning and advanced digital photography to adult learners. She also exhibits her photographic art in the San
Francisco Bay Area.
This collection consists primarily of photographs taken by Francesca Roccaforte. The photographs that make up the collection
are assembled from different series and focus on disparate subjects including gay and lesbian pride events, horse racing,
cultural events and self-portraits. Also included in the collection are poems written by Francesca Roccaforte as well as documents
related to her professional and academic achievement.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Lesbian photographers -- Archival resources.