Series VII: Photography and Snapshots
Subseries A: 4 x 5" snapshots
Scope and Contents note
Contains Indiana's 4 x 5 snapshots, including documentation of the Toronto Film Festival premiere of David Cronenberg's Naked Lunch, The Dazzling 1987 New York Flower Show, trips to Latin America, downtown New York City street scenes, and a New York gallery opening and party. Also included are evidence photos from the Andrew Cunanan case, the basis for Indiana's novel Three Month Fever.
Naked Lunch and "Dennis Cooper in Toronto", undated
Andrew Cunanan evidence photos, undated
Gallery opening and party snapshots, undated
Downtown New York, undated
The Dazzling 1987 New York Flower Show, undated
Latin America, undated
New York skyline, undated
Black and white New York City photos, undated
Misc. smaller series, undated
Misc. photos, undated
Subseries B: 5 x 7" snapshots
Scope and Contents note
Contains 5 x 7 snapshots of a wide array of subjects, including trips to Latin America, Cuba, India, and many regions of the United States. Also included are photos of a reading by actors Taylor Mead and Bill Rice, Indiana and others, an exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art in La Jolla, California, and photos of The Bishop's School in La Jolla, from which Andrew Cunanan graduated in 1987. Figures documented prominently include Bill Rice, Taylor Mead, and author William S. Burroughs.
Indiana posing with umbrella, undated
Black Lite Cocktail Room, Los Angeles, undated
Latin America and New York, undated
Reading/Performance: Bill Rice, Taylor Mead, Gary Indiana and others, undated
Unknown house nad pool, undated
Sepia photos: England, Latin America, New York, undated
Poker with Bill Rice and others, undated
Poker with Bill Rice and others, undated
Miami Beach, undated
William S. Burroughs, undated
Branson, Missouri, undated
Hotel room, undated
La Jolla, CA (inc. The Bishop's School, Museum of Contemporary Art), undated
Labeled photos (Vaginal Davis, Richard Hawkins, Bruce la Bruce, others), undated
California, undated
Rural house, undated
Store windows, undated
Minneapolis, undated
Small New York series, undated
Savannah, GA and South Carolina, undated
Fort Delaware, undated
Party, gallery, and people snapshots, undated
Cuba, undated
India, undated
California, undated
Misc. Smaller Series, undated
Misc. Photos, undated
Subseries C: 8.5 x 11" photos and photocollages
Scope and Contents note
Contains Indiana's 8.5 x 11 photo series, retaining his original order and organization. Major series include travel photos, nudes, cemetery photos, digital collage work by Indiana, and contact sheets from the film Bangkok Talkie and the play The Roman Polanski Story.
Binder 1: Cemetery, India, Collages, Rural, undated
Binder 2: Latin America, Nudes, Collages, Rural, undated
Binder 3: New York City, Collages, Nudes, undated
Binder 4: Collages, Latin America, undated
Binder 5: India, Burroughs, Text Photos, Nudes, Exhibition Photos, New York City, undated
Binder 6: Cemetery, Collages, Text Photos, Transparencies, undated
Binder 7: Nudes, Cemetery, India, New York City, Paris, Latin America, Rural, undated
Binder 8: Paris, Rural, New York City, Nudes, undated
Unsorted 8.5 x 11" photos, undated
[AWAITING SLEEVES; WILL BE:] Grouping of 8.5 x 11" photos, undated
Subseries D: Photo series grouped or labeled by Indiana
Scope and Contents note
Contains photography of varying sizes maintained in individual groupings created and sometimes labeled by Indiana.
[Labeled:] "Bangkok Talkie" / a film shot on glass plates / Bangkok 1982-3 / W/ Marina Abromowicz + Ulay, 1982-1983
[Labeled:] Contact Sheets / 'The Roman Polanski Story' / Performing Garage, 1981, 1981
[Labeled:] Contact Sheets 1978-79, 1978-1979
Promotional photos, undated
X-Mas Card 1996, 1996
Photos from "Bill Rice's typescript w/ Photos 'Curse of the Dog People'", undated
Subseries E: Slides, Negatives, and Transparencies
Scope and Contents note
Consists of two boxes of photographic slides, retaining Indiana's organization. Also included are several photographic negatives and one 4 x 5" transparency.
Photographic slides, undated
Photographic slides (continued), undated
Photographic negatives and transparency, undated
Subseries F: Oversize photographic materials
Scope and Contents note
contains oversize photographic items, including photos bearing the copyright of Digne Meller Marcowicz which mainly relate to Werner Schroeter and German theater productions.