{"id":784357,"date":"2026-05-09T13:50:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T13:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/784357\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T13:50:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T13:50:19","slug":"center-for-creative-photography-adds-archives-of-nine-influential-photographers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/784357\/","title":{"rendered":"Center for Creative Photography Adds Archives of Nine Influential Photographers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"APatrick Nagatani \u00a9 Artists Rights Society. Alamogordo Blues, 1986 <\/p>\n

The Center for Creative Photography (CCP) has announced the acquisition of nine major photography archives, significantly expanding its collection of 20th and 21st century photographic work.<\/p>\n

The CCP at the University of Arizona<\/a> is widely regarded as one of the most important photography research institutions in the United States. The institution has a longstanding historical link to Ansel Adams, whose own archive played a central role in the university\u2019s decision to establish the center in the 1970s.<\/p>\n

\"A\u00a9 Susan Wood. John Lennon & Yoko Ono, 1968 \"Several\u00a9 Frank Gohlke, Grain Elevator being repaired \u2013 Minneapolis, MN 1974 \"Large\u00a9 Jody Forster, Super Cluster #1, 1992 <\/p>\n

The newly acquired archives represent the legacies of Laura Aguilar, Jack Dykinga, Jody Forster, Frank Gohlke, Mark Klett, Nathan Lyons, Stephen Marc, Patrick Nagatani, and Susan Wood. They join CCP\u2019s existing holdings, which include the archives of Adams, W. Eugene Smith, and Louise Dahl-Wolfe, among others.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese remarkable archives expand the creative and intellectual constellation that makes the Center for Creative Photography one of the foremost photography institutions in the world,\u201d CCP Director Todd J. Tubutis says in a press release. \u201cEach archive contains not only prints of iconic images but also valuable documentary materials\u2014such as correspondence, notebooks, teaching materials, and working proofs \u2014 that illuminate a photographer\u2019s full creative evolution. <\/p>\n

\u201cAs an extraordinary group, these important acquisitions strengthen the connective tissue that defines the history of photography in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Sun\u00a9 Jack Dykinga. Cape Royal Rays, North Rim,
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, 1990. \"A\u00a9 Stephen Marc. Untitled, from the book: American\/True Colors, Tempe, AZ, 2017 <\/p>\n

CCP said the acquisition reflects its established model of collecting complete artist archives rather than only finished works. This approach allows scholars to study both the final images and the broader context behind them, including working methods, experiments, and professional networks.<\/p>\n

\"A\u00a9 Nathan Lyons. Untitled b from the series Riding 1st Class on the Titanic 1974-1998 \"A\u00a9 Nathan Lyons,. Untitled a from the series Riding 1st Class on the Titanic 1974-1998<\/p>\n

The institution also maintains one of the largest cold-storage facilities dedicated to photographic materials of its size, used to preserve film, negatives, colour prints, and other sensitive items over the long term. Some materials from the newly acquired archives have already arrived at CCP, while others are expected to be transferred and processed over the coming years.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnsel Adams was an exhibiting artist at the University of Arizona in 1974 when he was approached by the president of the university (Dr. John P. Schaefer) about his archive, and the two set in motion a relationship that would result in the creation of CCP,\u201d Rebecca Senf, CCP Chief Curator and Adams\u2019 scholar, adds.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Center\u2019s DNA is an institution created by an artist for other artists, and this ethic continues to inform our work at every level.\u201d<\/p>\n

The announcement follows the 2019 acquisition of the archive of Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer David Hume Kennerly. <\/p>\n

Image credits:<\/strong> All photos courtesy of the Center for Creative Photography (CCP)<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Patrick Nagatani \u00a9 Artists Rights Society. Alamogordo Blues, 1986 The Center for Creative Photography (CCP) has announced the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":784358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[230418,648,1032,320818,1033,171,67,132,68,26616],"class_list":{"0":"post-784357","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-anseladams","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-arts-and-design","11":"tag-centerforcreativephotography","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-weugenesmith"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=784357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/784358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}