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Harding, John, 1940 August 6-, creatorAbstract:
Series 1: chiefly large-format, exhibition quality photographs of street scenes in San Francisco, with an aesthetic emphasis
on color. Images depict various aspects of the city's social and cultural diversity, focusing on everyday people in public
spaces, and including such subjects as events, fashions, architecture, automobiles, neighborhoods, businesses, signs, graphic
design and other features of the urban environment. Many photographs taken at street fairs and other gatherings, such as the
San Francisco Gay Pride Parade and opening night at the San Francisco Symphony. Also includes similar scenes and portraits
from other California locations, including Los Angeles, San Diego, Walnut Creek, Marin County, Alameda, Oakland, Pacifica,
Madera, Antioch, Santa Cruz, Albany, Napa, Death Valley, Quincy, Moffett Field, Newport Beach, Watsonville, San Bruno, Half
Moon Bay, Rio Vista, Berkeley and San Jose. Also present are some scenes taken outside of California in such locations as
New York City, Colorado, Chicago, and Washington D.C. 2012 additions include selected negatives from the photographer's archive
and accompanying digital reference prints and digital image files of these selections, and oversize exhibition prints. 2016
additions include a box of color digital prints of images reproduced in Harding's book Analog days (2011) and a copy of this
book; and a unique book of 34 mounted prints of color street photography (ffALB vol. 1) with embossed title on front cover:
John Harding. 2019 additions include a set of color digital prints (ffALB box 9) corresponding to images reproduced in the
limited edition book Streets of discontent (2018). 2021 additions include digital prints of selected images taken in 1983
(AX box 1) and 1984 (AX box 2) accompanied by two self-published books -- titled 1983 and 1984 (both housed in A box 1) --
illustrated with images from these groups. 2022 additions include digital prints of selected images taken between 1984 and
2022 (housed in AX boxes 3-5), including documentation of the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on public bahavior; and eight self-published
books of images from these selections: 1985 (A box 1); 1986, the 1990s, Analog Days II, Waiting (A box 2); Livesm Muni and
the People: San Francisco, Muni and People: San Francisco 2021 (A box 3); and Pandemic Days (A box 4).
Series 2: set of black and white portraits (ffALB box 8) depicting siblings, taken chiefly in the mid-1970s throughout the
United States. The first 69 photographs, gelatin silver prints, feature images reproduced in the publication Siblings (1982);
the remaining 33 photographs, digital prints, were reproduced in a later publication, also titled Siblings (2016).
Series 3: set of 29 black and white views (ffALB box 10) depicting San Francisco streets and neighborhoods, with an emphasis
on relatively remote locations of the city and a noteworthy absence of people and action. Taken between 2001 and 2005, set
corresponds to images (some identical, some different) in Harding's book San Francisco four x five.
Date:
1979 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caStreet life -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Streets -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Fashion -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Architecture -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Automobiles -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Fairs -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Gay people -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Gay pride parades -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
African Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Latin Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Siblings -- United States -- Portraits
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- California -- San Francisco
Vie dans la rue -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Photographies
Rues -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Photographies
Foires -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Photographies
Personnes homosexuelles -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Photographies
Défilés de la fierté gaie -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Photographies
Noirs américains -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Photographies
Latino-Américains -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Photographies
Frères et sœurs -- États-Unis -- Portraits
Architecture -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Photographies
Pandémie de COVID-19, 2020- -- Californie -- San Francisco
Siblings
African Americans
Architecture
Automobiles
Fairs
Fashion
Gay pride parades
Gays
Latin Americans
Manners and customs
Street life
Streets
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works
United States
California -- San Francisco
Harding, John -- 1940 August 6- -- Archives
Harding, John -- 1940 August 6-
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Most prints captioned, dated and signed by photographer.
Print processes: chromogenic, digital and gelatin silver. Negatives and slides: 35mm film.
Includes printed title sheet: Streets of discontent : San Francisco & Los Angeles, 2017-2018, John Harding.
Includes printed title sheet: San Francisco - outlands - four x five: 2001-2005, John Harding.
OVERSIZE PRINTS (shelved in AX, ffALB, fffALB and B boxes): RESTRICTED DUE TO FRAGILITY : Inquiries concerning these materials
should be submitted to The Bancroft Library via the Application for Access to Restricted Materials form. Reference copies
for some oversize prints are shelved in BANC PIC 2010.016--PIC boxes 1-4. Material in AX boxes 1-4 is largely reproduced in
the books housed in A boxes 1-3.
OVERSIZE VOLUME (shelved in Vault as ffALB vol. 1): RESTRICTED DUE TO FRAGILITY : Inquiries concerning this item should be
submitted to The Bancroft Library via the Application for Access to Restricted Materials form.
NEGATIVES: RESTRICTED. Available for use by appointment only. Inquiries should be submitted to Bancroft Reference via the
Reference Inquiry form.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
In-process container list available in library.
Future additions are expected.
Gift ; Of John Harding; 2010.
Additions: Gift Of John Harding; 2011, 2012, 2016, 2019, 2021 and 2022.
46 optical computer discs containing digital files scanned from selected negatives from Harding's "Archival boxes", hard drive
containing digital files of images reproduced in book Analog Days, and thumb drives containing images pertaining to various
selections, transferred to Digital Collections Unit of The Bancroft Library.
Various publications of Harding's photography, including Siblings (1982), Trees places & people (2013-2015), The attraction
of strangers (2016), San Francisco four x five (2016), Siblings (2016) and Streets of Discontent (2018) transferred to the
Book Collections of The Bancroft Library.
Videotape copy of How to live? (dated 1995-1996), by Marie Bourdir and John Harding, transferred for separate cataloging.
John Harding photograph archive, BANC PIC 2010.016, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
John Harding photographs of street scenes and public gatherings in San Francisco and beyond.
Type:
graphicPortraits
Archives
Photographs
Pictorial works
Portraits-California-San Francisco.
Digital prints.
Physical Description:
photonegative
photoprint
slide
approximately 12,287 photographs in 23 boxes, 20 oversize boxes and 1 volume : chiefly color photographic prints, negatives
and slides ; sheets 52 x 77 cm or smaller
4 flash drives, 29 CDs, 1 external hard drive, 4 DVD-Rs, and 13 CD-Rs
Language:
English
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OVERSIZE PRINTS (shelved in AX, ffALB, fffALB and B boxes): RESTRICTED DUE TO FRAGILITY : Inquiries concerning these materials
should be submitted to The Bancroft Library via the Application for Access to Restricted Materials form. Reference copies
for some oversize prints are shelved in BANC PIC 2010.016--PIC boxes 1-4. Material in AX boxes 1-4 is largely reproduced in
the books housed in A boxes 1-3.
OVERSIZE VOLUME (shelved in Vault as ffALB vol. 1): RESTRICTED DUE TO FRAGILITY : Inquiries concerning this item should be
submitted to The Bancroft Library via the Application for Access to Restricted Materials form.
NEGATIVES: RESTRICTED. Available for use by appointment only. Inquiries should be submitted to Bancroft Reference via the
Reference Inquiry form.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.