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Contributing Institution:
University of California, Santa Cruz
Title: Alexander Lowry photographs
Creator:
Lowry, Alexander, 1937-2010
Identifier/Call Number: MS.188
Physical Description:
2 Linear Feet
2 flats
Date (inclusive): 1989
Abstract: This collection consists of black and
white photographs taken of downtown Santa Cruz, California, immediately after the 1989 Loma
Prieta earthquake and scenes of the University of Califoria, Santa Cruz Campus.
Physical Location: Stored in Special Collections &
Archives: Advance notice is required for access to the papers.
Language of Material:
English
Collection open for research.
Property rights for this collection reside with the University of California. Literary
rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. The publication
or use of any work protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use for research or
educational purposes requires written permission from the copyright owner. Responsibility
for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Alexander Lowry Photographs. MS 188. Special Collections and Archives, University Library,
University of California, Santa Cruz.
Gift of Alexander Lowry in 1990
Images from this collection are available through UCSC Library Digital Collections.
Alexander Lowry has been making personal and professional photographs since 1957. During
his career he has been a newspaper photographer and public relations photographer, and for
the last 30 years has concentrated on contract work, primarily for educational and
conservation organizations. Photo Researchers, Inc. in New York has represented his stock
photography since 1964. He has taught workshops for University of California, Santa Cruz
Extension and others since 1974. His photographs have appeared in more than 500 publications
worldwide over a span of five decades. He has exhibited widely in both solo and group shows,
and his prints are in public and private collections.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection consists of twenty four 8x10" black and white photographs taken of the
damage to downtown Santa Cruz, California, after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
At the time of the earthquake, Alexander Lowry and his wife owned and operated a studio in
downtown Santa Cruz. He took these photographs immediately after the earthquake and during
the next few days when most of the downtown was off limits to the general public.
Also included are scenes of the University of California, Santa Cruz campus.
- F868.S25L68 Santa Clara County, a second look; photographic essay, 1965.
- LD781.S4C3 Tutorial project. Photos by Alexander Lowry, with inroduction by Tom Knight, 1968.
- F868.S33L68 Castle Rock: west of skyline. Photographs by Alexander Lowry, text by Deanne Earnshaw, 1973.
- TR 654.L68 10 Critters by Alexander Lowry; afterword by David Brockman, 1978.
- F868.S3I5 In the ocean wind; the Santa Cruz north coast. Cynthia Wayburn and Peter Scott, editors. With an introd. by Peter Beagle. Felton, Calif., Glenwood Publishers, 1974.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Santa Cruz (Calif.) -- History
Loma Prieta Earthquake, Calif.,
1989
Photographs -- California -- Santa Cruz
-- 1989
Lowry, Alexander, 1937-2010