Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Processing Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Organization and Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Andrew West Photographs of the Guelaguetza
Date (inclusive): 1982-1985
Collection number: 1713
Creator:
West, Andrew, 1954-
Extent:
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
3 oversize boxes
Abstract: Andrew West (1954- ) has worked as a photographer's assistant and as an annual report photographer. His photography of Guatemalan
costumes appears in the exhibition catalog,
Threads of identity, published by the Fowler Museum at UCLA (1992). The collection is composed of photographic materials including color slides,
color prints, and a CD-R disk containing color images from La Guelaguetza and Saints Day Celebration festivals held in Oaxaca,
Mexico in 1982 and 1985. Also included is documentation about the materials and Andrew West.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
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the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Caroline West, 2003.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Andrew West Photographs of the Guelaguetza (Collection 1713). UCLA Library Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
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Biography
Andrew West is a native Californian, born June 23, 1954 in San Rafael. He attended Chadwick and Palos Verdes High schools
on the Palos Verdes peninsula. West's interest in photography began at age 10 when he visited Guatemala with his parents.
Early influences on his development as a photographer included family friend and professional photographer Irving Whitman
and a return trip to Guatemala. West spent a short time at the University of Utah and took a two year course in photography
at Colorado Mountain College. In the late 1970s, he studied visual anthropology under John Collier at the San Francisco Art
Institute. West has worked as a photographer's assistant and as an annual report photographer. His photography of Guatemalan
costumes appears in the exhibition catalog,
Threads of identity, published by the University of California's Fowler Museum in 1992.
Scope and Content
The collection is composed of photographic materials including color slides, color prints, and a CD-R disk containing color
images from La Guelaguetza and Saints Day Celebration festivals held in Oaxaca, Mexico in 1982 and 1985. Also included is
documentation prepared by Caroline West about the materials and the photographer, Andrew West.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Color prints.
- Color slides.
- Documentation.
- CD-R disk.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
West, Andrew, 1954- --Archives.
Guelaguetza Festival, Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico--Photographs.