An interview of Tina Barney conducted 2009 December 10, by Merry Foresta, for the Archives of American Art, at Barney's home, in New York, New York.
Biographical / Historical:
Tina Barney (1945- ) is a photographer in New York, New York. Merry Foresta (1949- ) is a curator and art historian in Washington, D.C.
General:
Originally recorded as 2 sound files. Duration is 1 hr., 37 min.
Provenance:
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
Restrictions:
The transcript and recording are open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Occupation:
Photographers -- New York (State) -- New York Search this
An interview of Godfrey Frankel conducted 1993 Nov. 29, by Merry Foresta, for the Archives of American Art.
Frankel recalls his early "sensitivity to art" and childhood visits to the Cleveland Museum; his first job in advertising on a daily newspaper in Ohio; his first camera; being suspected as a spy for photographing outdoors in Ohio in the 1940s; his move to Washington, D.C., in the 1940s; working as the nightclub editor for a Washington newspaper; photographing alley dwellings in D.C.; photographing in 1945 the resettlement of people who were in internment camps in the U.S.; and his move to New York City and his participation in the Photo League from 1946 to 1950.
Frankel describes meetings, lectures, classes, and camaraderie among members of the Photo League; common concerns between the Photo League and the photography department at the Museum of Modern Art; Photo League projects; and photographing New York's Lower East Side. He recalls his move to Cleveland in 1950 and photographing children and industrial sites there; his job as a social worker; his move back to D.C. in 1962; his work for various government agencies; being interviewed by government agents in 1962 for suspected communist activities; the accessibility of FSA photographs at the Library of Congress; teaching managerial skills at the University of Maryland; and exhibiting his photographs in the 1980s through George Hemphill at Middendorf Gallery and at the Kathleen Ewing Gallery, both in Washington, D.C. Frankel also comments on future plans to publish a book with the Smithsonian Press.
At the end of side one Frankel mentions Jacob Reiss, but called after reviewing the tape to say he meant Lewis Hine.
Biographical / Historical:
Godfrey Frankel (1912-1995) was a photographer from Washington, D.C., and New York, N.Y.
Provenance:
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators. Funding for this interview was provided by the Jacob Kainen Oral History Fund.
Restrictions:
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
Topic:
Photographers -- Washington (D.C.) -- Interviews Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Sponsor:
Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.
An interview of William Christenberry conducted 2010 March 3 and 31, by Merry Foresta, for the Archives of American Art, at Christenberry's studio, in Washington, D.C.
Biographical / Historical:
William Christenberry (1936-2016) was a photographer, painter, sculptor and teacher in Washington, D.C. Merry Foresta is a curator in Washington, D.C.
General:
Originally recorded on 4 memory cards. Reformatted in 2010 as 7 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 43 min.
Related Materials:
Also found in the Archives of American Art are the William Christenberry papers, 1960-2018 and an oral history interview with William Christenberry conducted by Buck Pennington, January 17, 1983.
Provenance:
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
Occupation:
Painters -- Washington (D.C.) -- Interviews Search this
Topic:
Photographers -- Washington (D.C.) -- Interviews Search this
Sculptors -- Washington (D.C.) -- Interviews Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Sponsor:
Funding for this interview was provided by the Brown Foundation.
Foresta, Merry A. and Wood, Joh. 1995. Secrets of the Dark Chamber: The Art of the American Daguerreotype. Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Press.
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with William Christenberry, 2010 March 3-31. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Photographers -- Washington (D.C.) -- Interviews Search this
Sculptors -- Washington (D.C.) -- Interviews Search this
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Godfrey Frankel, 1993 Nov. 29. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Photographers -- Washington (D.C.) -- Interviews Search this
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Tina Barney, 2009 December 10. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Diamond, Debra. 2003. "The Culture of Landscape." In At First Sight: Photography and the Smithsonian. Foresta, Merry A. and Foley, Jeana K., editors. 270–277. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
Daniel, Pete. 1987. "Command Performances: Photography from the United States Department of Agriculture." In Official Images: New Deal Photography. Daniel, Pete, Foresta, Merry A., Strange, Maren, and Stein, Sally, editors. 36. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
Fern, Alan. 1990. "(Foreword with Elizabeth Broun)." In Irving Penn Master Images: The Collections of the National Museum of AmericanArt and the National Portrait Gallery. Foresta, Merry A. and Stapp, William F., editors. ix–xi. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
Irving Penn master images : the collections of the National Museum of American Art and the National Portrait Gallery / Merry A. Foresta, William F. Stapp
