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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

Box: 7, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Andrew Cunanan evidence photos, undated

Box: 7, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Gallery opening and party snapshots, undated

Box: 7, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Downtown New York, undated

Box: 8, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Dazzling 1987 New York Flower Show, undated

Box: 8, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Latin America, undated

Box: 8, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York skyline, undated

Box: 8, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Black and white New York City photos, undated

Box: 8, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc. smaller series, undated

Box: 8, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc. photos, undated

Box: 8, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

Box: 9, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Black Lite Cocktail Room, Los Angeles, undated

Box: 9, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Latin America and New York, undated

Box: 9, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Reading/Performance: Bill Rice, Taylor Mead, Gary Indiana and others, undated

Box: 9, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Unknown house nad pool, undated

Box: 9, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sepia photos: England, Latin America, New York, undated

Box: 9, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poker with Bill Rice and others, undated

Box: 10, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Poker with Bill Rice and others, undated

Box: 10, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Miami Beach, undated

Box: 10, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

William S. Burroughs, undated

Box: 10, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Branson, Missouri, undated

Box: 10, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hotel room, undated

Box: 10, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

La Jolla, CA (inc. The Bishop's School, Museum of Contemporary Art), undated

Box: 11, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Labeled photos (Vaginal Davis, Richard Hawkins, Bruce la Bruce, others), undated

Box: 11, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

California, undated

Box: 11, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rural house, undated

Box: 11, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Store windows, undated

Box: 11, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Minneapolis, undated

Box: 12, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Small New York series, undated

Box: 12, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Savannah, GA and South Carolina, undated

Box: 12, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fort Delaware, undated

Box: 12, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Party, gallery, and people snapshots, undated

Box: 13, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cuba, undated

Box: 13, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

India, undated

Box: 14, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

California, undated

Box: 15, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc. Smaller Series, undated

Box: 15, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Misc. Photos, undated

Box: 15, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

Box: 16, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Binder 2: Latin America, Nudes, Collages, Rural, undated

Box: 17, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Binder 3: New York City, Collages, Nudes, undated

Box: 18, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Binder 4: Collages, Latin America, undated

Box: 18, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Binder 5: India, Burroughs, Text Photos, Nudes, Exhibition Photos, New York City, undated

Box: 19, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Binder 6: Cemetery, Collages, Text Photos, Transparencies, undated

Box: 20, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Binder 7: Nudes, Cemetery, India, New York City, Paris, Latin America, Rural, undated

Box: 20, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Binder 8: Paris, Rural, New York City, Nudes, undated

Box: 21, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Unsorted 8.5 x 11" photos, undated

Box: 21, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[AWAITING SLEEVES; WILL BE:] Grouping of 8.5 x 11" photos, undated

Box: 22, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

Box: 23, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Labeled:] Contact Sheets / 'The Roman Polanski Story' / Performing Garage, 1981, 1981

Box: 23, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Labeled:] Contact Sheets 1978-79, 1978-1979

Box: 23, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Promotional photos, undated

Box: 23, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

X-Mas Card 1996, 1996

Box: 23, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photos from "Bill Rice's typescript w/ Photos 'Curse of the Dog People'", undated

Box: 23, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

Box: 24, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographic slides (continued), undated

Box: 25, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographic negatives and transparency, undated

Box: 25, Folder: no number (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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.

Digne Meller Marcovicz photo 1 (Das Katchen von Heilbronn), undated

Box: 26, Folder: 212 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Marcovicz photo 2 (Das Katchen von Heilbronn), undated

Box: 26, Folder: 213 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Marcovicz photo 3 (Lohengrin), undated

Box: 26, Folder: 214 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Marcovicz photo 4 (Miss Sara Sampson), undated

Box: 26, Folder: 215 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Marcovicz photo 5 (Miss Sara Sampson), undated

Box: 26, Folder: 216 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Marcovicz photo 6 (Miss Sara Sampson), undated

Box: 26, Folder: 217 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Marcovicz photo 7 (The Florentine Tragedy), undated

Box: 26, Folder: 218 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Marcovicz photo 8 (Neapolitanische Geschwister), undated

Box: 26, Folder: 219 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Marcovicz photo 9 (Neapolitanische Geschwister), undated

Box: 26, Folder: 220 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Marcovicz photo 10 (Palermo ober Wolfsburg), undated

Box: 26, Folder: 221 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Marcovicz photo 11 (Das Liebeskonzil), undated

Box: 26, Folder: 222 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Marcovicz photo 12 ("Frankfurt - Romerberg mit Justizia"), undated

Box: 26, Folder: 223 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Marcovicz photo 13 (Universitat Frankfurt / Horsaal VI / Kolakowski), undated

Box: 26, Folder: 224 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Marcovicz photo 14 (Frankfurt - Romer / Helmut Kohl), undated

Box: 26, Folder: 225 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Marcovicz photo 15 (Frankfurt - Romerberg - CDU Wahlveranstaltung), undated

Box: 26, Folder: 226 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Marcovicz photo 16 (Thomas Bernhard), undated

Box: 26, Folder: 227 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Marcovicz photo 17 (Werner Schroeter), undated

Box: 26, Folder: 228 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Flocons d'Or" (photo by Roswitha Hecke), undated

Box: 26, Folder: 229 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photo by Rodolfo Alcaraz, undated

Box: 26, Folder: 230 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photo of two women, undated

Box: 26, Folder: 231 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photo of father and son, undated

Box: 26, Folder: 232 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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