Karen Filter photographs, 1979-1985

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Summary

Creators:
Filter, Karen and Filter, Karen
Abstract:
Karen Filter is a photographer who documented the Los Angeles punk scene from 1979-1985. Originally from Canton, Ohio, she attended college at UCLA and received a B.A. in Fine Arts in 1976, and later attended the Brooks Institute of Photography where she received a professional photography degree in 1978. Materials consist of 22 black and white silver gelatin prints and 3 Resin Coated prints which document the Los Angeles punk scene from 1979-1985. These images capture performers and scene makers across Los Angeles and provide documentation of historic venues such as Hong Kong Cafe, New Wave Theater, Whisky-a-Go-Go, and Club 88.
Extent:
0.9 linear feet (1 box)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Karen Filter photographs (Collection 2432). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

The Karen Filter photographs consist of 22 black and white silver gelatin prints and 3 Resin Coated prints which document the Los Angeles punk scene from 1979-1985. These images capture performers and scene makers across Los Angeles and provide documentation of historic venues such as Hong Kong Cafe, New Wave Theater, Whisky-a-Go-Go, and Club 88.

Biographical / historical:

Karen Filter is a photographer who documented the Los Angeles punk scene from 1979-1985. Originally from Canton, Ohio, she attended college at UCLA and received a B.A. in Fine Arts in 1976, and later attended the Brooks Institute of Photography where she received a professional photography degree in 1978. She's exhibited her work at The Photography Center of Los Angeles in 1983, as well as at The Gallery on La Brea Ave, in Los Angeles in 1990. Her work has also been exhibited in group shows at the Zero One Gallery (1985) , Center of Photography at Woodstock (1993), and LACE, Live in LA (2011). Karen's photographs have been featured in three books: Hardcore California, 1982, 24 Hours in the Life of Los Angeles, 1984, and 8 Visions, 1988. Her work has also been featured in various magazines and on record covers.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Karen Filter, 2022.
Processing information:

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Arrangement:

The collection's arrangement maintains its existing order.

Physical location:
Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Names:
Filter, Karen

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other 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.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Karen Filter photographs (Collection 2432). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
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