Kim Fielding Photographs
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Kim Fielding (d. 2014) was a Welsh artist, photographer, and curator. His photography and other artwork was provactive and confrontational, often employing bondage, covering models with subtances, or putting models in enclosed containers. Fielding also used his photography to document the arts communities he was part of, including Berlin, New York, and South America, in addition to his home in Cardiff. While living in New York City in the 1980s and 1990s, Fielding was a regular presence in the downtown arts scene, waited tables in the East Village, bartended at Cave Canem (the basement of Lucky Cheng's), and photographed the larger cultural moment he was a part of. The Kim Fielding Photographs (dated 1972-2002) consist primarily of photographic materials created by Fielding documenting the period of his life in New York City, and his engagement with the downtown arts scene in the 1980s and 1990s. Materials include photographic negatives, contact sheets, slides, and prints of candid images from gallery openings, clubs, events such as the East Village drag festival Wigstock, and other venues, such as PS 122, La Mama, The Kitchen, and Darinka: A Performance Studio. The collection also includes posed photographs taken by Fielding, some of which are pornographic. Notable figures from the downtown arts scene documented in the collection include Carlo McCormick, Joey Arias, Richard Kern, George Petros, and Ruby Ray, amongst others. The collection also includes a small amount of audio and video recordings.
Biographical Note
Kim Fielding (d. 2014) was a Welsh artist, photographer, and curator. His photography and other artwork was provactive and confrontational, often employing bondage, covering his models with subtances, or putting his models in enclosed containers. Fielding also used his photography to document the arts communities he was part of, including Berlin, New York, and South America, in addition to his home in Cardiff. While living in New York City in the 1980s and 1990s, Fielding was a regular presence in the downtown arts scene, waited tables in the East Village, bartended at Cave Canem (the basement of Lucky Cheng's), and photographed the larger cultural moment he was a part of.
Arrangement
This collection has not been arranged by an archivist. The materials are arranged in the order in which they were received from the donor.
Scope and Contents
The Kim Fielding Photographs (dated 1972-2002) consist primarily of photographic materials created by Fielding documenting the period of his life in New York City, and his engagement with the downtown arts scene in the 1980s and 1990s. Materials include photographic negatives, contact sheets, slides, and prints of candid images from gallery openings, clubs, events such as the East Village drag festival Wigstock, and other venues, such as PS 122, La Mama, The Kitchen, and Darinka: A Performance Studio. The collection also includes posed photographs taken by Fielding, some of which are pornographic. Notable figures from the downtown arts scene documented in the collection include Carlo McCormick, Joey Arias, Richard Kern, George Petros, and Ruby Ray, amongst others. The collection also includes a small amount of audio and video recordings.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use materials in the collection in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Kim Fielding Photographs; MSS 628; box number; folder number or item identifier; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Gary Ray Bugarčić in April 2023; the accession number with this purchase is 2023.037.
Custodial History
Fielding's photographic materials were located at Tactile Bosch in Cardiff. Fielding's friends Elizabeth Kresch and Matt Duncan retrieved the materials documenting his life in New York City and sent the collection to Gary Ray Bugarčić in 2019.
Audiovisual Access Policies and Procedures
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Appraisal
Optical discs were determined to be out of scope and appraised out of the collection.
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Processing Information
At the time of accessioning, materials were rehoused in archival boxes and folders, described on the collection level, and inventoried at the folder-level. Born-digital items on physical carriers were identified, physically separated, inventoried, forensically imaged, analyzed, and described. New York University Libraries follow professional standards and best practices when imaging, ingesting, and processing born-digital material in order to maintain the integrity and authenticity of the content.
