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[Lisa Kanemoto photograph archive].
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Title:

[Lisa Kanemoto photograph archive]

Creator/Contributor:

Kanemoto, Lisa, creator, photographer.

Abstract:

Archive representing major documentary photograph projects of Kanemoto, including the series We are (gays and lesbians), Against all odds (mental illness), Dark mirror (autobiography), Presidio, San Francisco; Chinatown, San Francisco; Special children (students of Louise M. Lombard Special Education School, San Francisco); San Francisco; East Indians in the Bay Area; persons experiencing homelessness on Pacific Beach (San Diego) and other miscellaneous subjects.

Date:

1977 (issued)

Subject:

Kanemoto, Lisa -- Archives
Kanemoto, Lisa -- Portraits
Kanemoto, Lisa -- Correspondence
Gays -- Portraits
Lesbians -- Portraits
Mentally ill -- Portraits
Children with disabilities -- California -- San Francisco -- Portraits
Chinese Americans -- California -- San Francisco -- Pictorial works
East Indians -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Portraits
Homeless persons -- California -- San Diego -- Portraits
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Presidio of San Francisco (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Pacific Beach (San Diego, Calif.) -- Photographs

Note:

Title devised by cataloger.
Also includes 3 boxes of clippings, publications and correspondence.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
NEGATIVES AND SLIDES: RESTRICTED. Available for use by appointment only. Inquiries should be submitted to Bancroft Reference via the Reference Inquiry form.
Lisa Kanemoto photograph archive, BANC PIC 2014.186, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Born in Germany in 1931; married an American officer of Japanese descent in 1958 and had three children; began studying photography in 1972; studied portraiture and photojournalism at the City College of San Francisco under Morrie Camhi; toward end of life resided in the San Diego area; died 2021.
Container list available in library.
Additions: Gift of Eva Kanemoto ; 2021.
Gift ; of Lisa Kanemoto ; 2014.

Type:

graphic
Clippings.
Portraits.
Slides.

Physical Description:

photonegative
photoprint
slide
approximately 3,850 photographs in 13 boxes : prints, negatives and slides ; sheets various sizes

Language:

English

Identifier:

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/libraries/bancroft-library/reference-online

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

Also includes 3 boxes of clippings, publications and correspondence.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
NEGATIVES AND SLIDES: RESTRICTED. Available for use by appointment only. Inquiries should be submitted to Bancroft Reference via the Reference Inquiry form.

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