Container Listing
Series 1. Farmworkers.
1970-1972
Physical Description:
55 photographic prints and circa 780 negatives.
Scope and Content Note
Portraits and other photographs documenting the everyday lives of Chicano migratory farm workers of California.
“By responding symbolically, I saw we had tended to respond to a visual cliché that robbed a valiant people of their individuality
and complexity. We had sensed the sledgehammer logic of their condition, muttered something unassailable about how bad it
was, somehow felt relieved to have paid our sociological dues.” (Morrie Camhi)
AX_box 1
Farmworkers: Photographic prints 11 x 14 in. or smaller. BANC PIC 2005.109--AX
Physical Description:
27 photographic prints.
Access Information
Open for access.
B_box 1
Farmworkers: Restricted exhibition prints. BANC PIC 2005.109--B
Physical Description:
14 photographic prints.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize exhibition prints for which smaller versions are available.
Access Information
RESTRICTED. Use smaller format prints in AX box 1.
B_box 2
Farmworkers: Exhibition prints. BANC PIC 2005.109--B
Physical Description:
14 photographic prints.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize exhibition prints. No smaller-format versions available.
Access Information
Open for access.
NEG_strip_box 1
Farmworkers: Negatives. BANC PIC 2005.109--NEG(strip)
Physical Description:
ca. 780 negatives.
Scope and Content Note
35mm film negatives.
Access Information
RESTRICTED.
Series 2. Petaluma.
1975-1976
Physical Description:
38 photographic prints and circa 870 negatives.
Scope and Content Note
Portraits of residents of Petaluma and other subjects pertaining to the vicinity.
AX_box 1
Petaluma: Photographic print 11 x 14 in. or smaller. BANC PIC 2005.109--AX
Physical Description:
1 photographic print.
Access Information
Open for access.
B_box 3
Petaluma: Exhibition prints. BANC PIC 2005.109--B
Physical Description:
19 photographic prints.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize exhibition prints. No smaller-format versions available.
B_box 4
Petaluma: Exhibition prints. BANC PIC 2005.109--B
Physical Description:
18 photographic prints.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize exhibition prints. No smaller-format versions available.
Access Information
Open for access.
NEG_strip_box 1
Petaluma: Negatives. BANC PIC 2005.109--NEG(strip)
Physical Description:
circa 870 negatives.
Scope and Content Note
35mm film negatives.
Access Information
Restricted.
Series 3. Espejo: Reflections of the Mexican-American.
1977
Physical Description:
119 photographic prints and circa 2,275 negatives.
Scope and Content Note
Camhi’s contribution to a comprehensive 2-year survey of Mexican-American people and culture. The project culminated in exhibitions
at the Oakland Museum of California and the Center for Contemporary Photography in Chicago. In addition to being one of the
six photographers to participate in the survey, Camhi was also the project director.
“I was welcomed into many homes, and the everyday quality of these visits had a special honesty, which I felt was important
to share. Each person is the author of his or her environment; what we arrange on our walls is what we decide would be there.
The environment functions as a biography and reflects our personal intensities and concerns. It has been my purpose to become
part of the photograph, to enter into the equation of response. The images created are the result of our experiences of each
other.” (Morrie Camhi)
AX_box 1
Espejo: Photographic prints 11 x 14 in. or smaller. BANC PIC 2005.109--AX
Physical Description:
61 photographic prints.
Access Information
Open for access.
B_box 5
Espejo: Restricted exhibition prints. BANC PIC 2005.109--B
Physical Description:
16 photographic prints.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize exhibition prints for which smaller versions are available.
Access Information
Restricted.
B_box 6
Espejo: Restricted exhibition prints. BANC PIC 2005.109--B
Physical Description:
11 photographic prints.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize exhibition prints for which smaller versions are available.
Access Information
Restricted.
B_box 7
Espejo: Exhibition prints. BANC PIC 2005.109--B
Physical Description:
16 photographic prints.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize exhibition prints. No smaller-format copies available.
Access Information
Open for access.
B_box 8
Espejo: Exhibition prints. BANC PIC 2005.109--B
Physical Description:
15 photographic prints.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize exhibition prints. No smaller-format copies available.
Access Information
Open for access.
NEG_strip_box 1, NEG_strip_box 2
Espejo: Negatives. BANC PIC 2005.109--NEG(strip)
Physical Description:
circa 2,275 negatives.
Scope and Content Note
35mm film negatives.
Access Information
Restricted.
Series 4. Jews of Greece.
1980
Physical Description:
101 photographic prints and circa 1,415 negatives.
Scope and Content Note
Portraits of Jewish persons, many of them Holocaust survivors, taken throughout Greece. The culmination of the project was
an exhibit at the Judah L. Magnes Museum in 1982, and the book
Faces and Facets: The Jews of Greece, published in 1995.
AX_box 1
Jews of Greece: Photographic prints 11 x 14 in. or smaller. BANC PIC 2005.109--AX
Physical Description:
60 photographic prints.
Access Information
Open for access.
B_box 9
Jews of Greece: Restricted exhibition prints. BANC PIC 2005.109--B
Physical Description:
24 photographic prints.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize exhibition prints for which smaller versions are available.
Access Information
Restricted.
B_box 10
Jews of Greece: Exhibition prints. BANC PIC 2005.109--B
Physical Description:
17 photographic prints.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize exhibition prints. No smaller-format versions available.
Access Information
Open for access.
NEG_strip_box 2
Jews of Greece: Negatives. BANC PIC 2005.109--NEG(strip)
Physical Description:
ca. 1,415 negatives
Scope and Content Note
35mm film negatives.
Access Information
Restricted.
Series 5. AD-Vantage.
1982
Physical Description:
41 photographic prints and circa 1,325 negatives.
Scope and Content Note
Portraits of singles, most from the San Francisco Bay Area, accompanied by subjects' personal want ad statements.
“The personal want-ad is a kind of complete portrait, often telling of inner concerns as well as appearance. To live alongside
their portraits I have created portraits of my own. There are surprises. Stereotypes sometimes shatter. There are confirmations
as well as contradictions of the ad’s promise. But most of all, the personal want ad people seem a lot like the rest of us—but
doing something about their unique needs or preoccupations.” (Morrie Camhi)
AX_box 1
AD-Vantage: Photographic prints 11 x 14 in. or smaller. BANC PIC 2005.109--AX
Physical Description:
9 photographic prints.
Access Information
Open for access.
B_box 11
AD-Vantage: Exhibition prints. BANC PIC 2005.109--B
Physical Description:
16 photographic prints.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize exhibition prints. No smaller-format versions available.
Access Information
Open for access.
B_box 12
AD-Vantage: Exhibition prints. BANC PIC 2005.109--B
Physical Description:
16 photographic prints.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize exhibition prints. No smaller-format versions available.
Access Information
Open for access.
NEG_strip_box 3
AD-Vantage: Negatives. BANC PIC 2005.109--NEG(strip)
Physical Description:
circa 1,325 negatives.
Scope and Content Note
35mm film negatives.
Additional Note
Restricted.
Series 6. Roadside Attraction.
1984
Physical Description:
29 photographic prints and circa 1,090 negatives.
Scope and Content Note
Portraits, views and scenes of various subjects, presumably taken along highways of the American west (California, Arizona,
Colorado and perhaps other states).
B_box 13
Roadside Attraction: Exhibition prints. BANC PIC 2005.109--B
Physical Description:
29 photographic prints.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize exhibition prints. No smaller-format versions available.
Access Information
Open for access.
NEG_strip_box 3, NEG_strip_box 4
Roadside Attraction: Negatives. BANC PIC 2005.109--NEG(strip)
Physical Description:
1,093 negatives.
Scope and Content Note
35mm film negatives.
Access Information
Restricted.
Series 7. The Prison Experience.
1987-1988
Physical Description:
984 photographic prints and circa 2,545 negatives.
Scope and Content Note
Portraits of prisoners, their families and prison staff of the California State Prison at Vacaville. Includes photographer’s
subject file folders (arranged numerically), release forms, and subject statements. The project resulted in a traveling exhibition
and the book
The Prison Experience, published in 1989.
“After an initial research period, there were eighteen months of photography at California’s Vacaville Prison. Alongside the
photographs created were written statements, all in answer to the same question: “What do you want people to know about the
prison experience?” (Morrie Camhi)
Additional Note
3 subject lists available in library: arranged by subject surname; arranged by photographer's file no.; arranged by page no.
in book.
PIC_box 1
Prison Experience: Release forms and accompanying photographic prints. BANC PIC 2005.109--PIC
Physical Description:
147 photographic prints.
Scope and Content Note
File nos. 1-40.
PIC_box 2
Prison Experience: Release forms and accompanying photographic prints. BANC PIC 2005.109--PIC
Physical Description:
142 photographic prints.
Scope and Content Note
File nos. 41-90.
Access Information
Open for access.
PIC_box 3
Prison Experience: Release forms and accompanying photographic prints. BANC PIC 2005.109--PIC
Physical Description:
126 photographic prints.
Scope and Content Note
File nos. 91-135.
Access Information
Open for access.
PIC_box 4
Prison Experience: Release forms and accompanying photographic prints. BANC PIC 2005.109--PIC
Physical Description:
118 photographic prints.
Scope and Content Note
File nos. 136-179.
Access Information
Open for access.
PIC_box 5
Prison Experience: Release forms and accompanying photographic prints. BANC PIC 2005.109--PIC
Physical Description:
131 photographic prints.
Scope and Content Note
File nos. 181-215.
Access Information
Open for access.
PIC_box 6
Prison Experience: Release forms and accompanying photographic prints. BANC PIC 2005.109--PIC
Physical Description:
62 photographic prints.
Scope and Content Note
File nos. 216-221, plus empty file folders and miscellaneous project files.
Access Information
Open for access.
AX_box 2
Prison Experience: Photographic prints 11 x 14 in. BANC PIC 2005.109--AX
Physical Description:
158 photographic prints.
Scope and Content Note
Photographic prints of selected prisoners.
Access Information
Open for access.
B_box 14
Prison Experience: Restricted exhibition prints. BANC PIC 2005.109--B
Physical Description:
34 photographic prints.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize exhibition prints for which smaller versions are available.
Access Information
Restricted.
B_box 15
Prison Experience: Restricted exhibition prints. BANC PIC 2005.109--B
Physical Description:
33 photographic prints.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize exhibition prints for which smaller versions are available.
Access Information
Restricted.
B_box 16
Prison Experience: Restricted exhibition prints. BANC PIC 2005.109--B
Physical Description:
33 photographic prints.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize exhibition prints for which smaller versions are available.
Access Information
Restricted.
NEG_strip_box 4, NEG_strip_box 5
Prison Experience: 35mm film Negatives. BANC PIC 2005.109--NEG(strip)
Physical Description:
circa 2,545 negatives.
Access Information
Restricted.
Series 8. Miscellaneous photographs and papers.
Physical Description:
1 box of assorted papers, 16 photographic prints, circa 1,335 negatives.
PIC_box 7
Miscellaneous: Papers. BANC PIC 2005.109--PIC
Physical Description:
4 folders
Scope and Content Note
General correspondence; AD-Vantage project correspondence; workshop registration materials; workshop financial records.
Access Information
Open for access.
AX_box 1
Miscellaneous: Photographic prints 11 x 14 in. or smaller. BANC PIC 2005.109--AX
Physical Description:
7 photographic prints.
Scope and Content Note
Subjects include Morrie Camhi, Christo and Van Deren Coke.
Access Information
Open for access.
B_box 17
Miscellaneous: Exhibition prints. BANC PIC 2005.109--B
Physical Description:
9 photographic prints.
Scope and Content Note
Various subjects, perhaps related to the photographer's major projects. Subjects: Morrie Camhi (self-portraits), Christo,
Van Deren Coke, Viola Weinberg, Kalico Kitchen Kafe (Cloverdale, Calif.) and Pelanconis' work hats.
Access Information
Open for access.
NEG_strip_box 5
Miscellaneous: 35mm film negatives. BANC PIC 2005.109--NEG(strip)
Physical Description:
circa 1,335 negatives.
Scope and Content Note
Various subjects, including (as described in photographer's annotations): Gay liberation (235 negatives); Ralph O'Neill (165
negatives); Nell Sinton (331 negatives); Tom Carcione, Novato portrait (29 negatives); Ben Asher (515 negatives); miscellaneous/prisons
related (60 negatives)
Access Information
Restricted.
