Twenty-one digital photographic prints of miscellaneous subjects from photographs taken by David J. Marcou. These images are "born-digital" photographs, 2002-2008, except for the earliest, made on black-and-white negative film in 1980 or 1981.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of twenty-one digital photographic prints from photographs taken by David J. Marcou. Marcou is a self-published freelance writer and photographer whose subject matter includes the 2008 presidential campaign, South Korea, and his hometown, La Crosse, Wisconsin. This collection contains photographs of the 2008 presidential campaign, residents of La Crosse, and a few candid photographs from the photographer's travels to other states. These images are all "born-digital" photographs, created between 2002 and 2008, except for the earliest, made on black-and-white negative film in 1980 or 1981. They have been printed on Hewlett Packard Premium Plus inkjet paper, with ΒΌ" white margins around the photographs. The materials are arranged into two series.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into two series.
Series 1: Presidential Campaign, 2008
Series 2: People and Places, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, circa 1980-1981, 2002-2007
Biographical / Historical:
Born in 1950 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, David J. Marcou earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in history at the University of Wisconsin's Madison campus in 1973, a Master of Arts in American Studies from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, in 1978, and a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Missouri, Columbia, in 1984. He also studied photography at the University of Missouri, the University of Iowa, the University of Wisconsin, and the Western Wisconsin Technical College.
Marcou is primarily a freelance writer and photographer. He has written many books, including Calling America, Memoir for Matthew, My London Autumn, and Korea 2050. He has also had his photographs published in Smithsonian Magazine and the British Journal of Photography. He has created a number of photographic essay books, including Vital Washington and the three-volume series Spirit of America. Marcou has also written many plays, including Borderline, The Paper that Never Died, and Korean Lovesong. He has worked in South Korea, editing for Business Korea and Yonhap News Agency, and published his experiences in the travel books Memoir for Matthew and My Two Korean Sojourns. In addition to his travel experiences, he has published a history of his hometown entitled Spirit of La Crosse and continues to publish opinion columns in the La Crosse Tribune. Along with his writing and photographic work, Marcou has taught college courses on writing and photography for the Western Wisconsin Technical College.
Provenance:
David Marcou hired Bob Mulock to print these photographs from the photographer's own digital files in January and July of 2009, specifically for the purpose of donating them to the Museum.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Rights:
David J. Marcou retains copyright. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Marcou, David Joseph, 1950- (Photographer) Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Ink on paper, unmounted., 21.8 x 25.5 cm.)
Container:
Box 1
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
La Crosse (Wis.)
Wisconsin
Local Numbers:
AC1187-0000003.tif (AC Scan No.)
Exhibitions Note:
Displayed in Archives Center exhibition, "Gift of the Artist: Photographers as Donors," November 11, 2011-Feb. 29, 2012. David Haberstich, curator.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
David J. Marcou retains copyright. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Marcou, David Joseph, 1950- (Photographer) Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Ink on paper, unmounted., 22.5 x 32.5 cm.)
Container:
Box 1, Item 4
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
La Crosse (Wis.)
Wisconsin
Local Numbers:
AC1187-.tif (AC Scan No.)
Exhibitions Note:
Displayed in Archives Center exhibition, "Gift of the Artist: Photographers as Donors," November 11, 2011-Feb. 29, 2012. David Haberstich, curator.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
David J. Marcou retains copyright. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Marcou, David Joseph, 1950- (Photographer) Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Ink on paper, unmounted., 9-1/8" x 9-1/8".)
Container:
Box 1
Type:
Archival materials
Inkjet prints
Photographs
Place:
La Crosse (Wis.)
Wisconsin
Local Numbers:
AC1187-0000002.tif (AC Scan No., image to be added)
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
David J. Marcou retains copyright. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
These photographs are archival inkjet prints from a body of work entitled the Pittsburgh Project.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into one series.
Biographical / Historical:
Dylan Vitone received a B.A. in photocommunications from St. Edward's University (Austin, Texas, 2001), and an M.F.A. in photography from the Massachusetts College of Art (2003). At the time of this acquisition he was assistant professor in the School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. He is the son of photographer Joe Vitone.
Provenance:
Gift of the artist Dylan Vitone.
Restrictions:
Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Rights:
Reproduction restricted due to copyright; photographer retains copyright.
Genre/Form:
Inkjet prints
Photographs -- Photoprints -- Inkjet -- 2000-2010
Digital images
Panoramas
Citation:
Dylan Vitone Panoramic Photographs, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Gift of the artist.
Vertical panorama of a young African American man or boy diving into the ocean.
Local Numbers:
AC1200-0000001m.tif (AC Scan)
Exhibitions Note:
Displayed in Archives Center exhibition, "Gift of the Artist: Photographers as Donors," November 11, 2011-February 29, 2012. David Haberstich, curator.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Rights:
Reproduction restricted due to copyright; photographer retains copyright.
A portfolio of stereographic inkjet photoprints, including views of American bridges, such as the Brooklyn Bridge, roads and highways, Hoover Dam, views taken from the World Trade Center, New York, and one image of Tokyo.
Scope and Contents:
Collection consists of a portfolio in black case: 25 color digital stereoscopic prints, numbered and captioned, unsigned. Views include American bridges, such as the Brooklyn Bridge, roads and highways, Hoover Dam, and views taken from the World Trade Center, New York. Contains one image of Tokyo.
Arrangement:
Collection is arranged into one series.
Series 1: Prints, 1989-2008
Biographical / Historical:
Robert L Covington is a New York state based photographer specializing in images of the built environment and natural world including images using the stereographic technique. His stated purpose is using photography for " its ability to provide a viewer an experience that is, at its heart, the same experience that drove me to take the picture. This ability to recreate an experience, unconstrained by time and place, is the essential power of the medium. This does not minimize the importance of the picture, but sees it as a part of a larger process, not the end point...I photograph in two modes with multi-image collages capturing the experience of looking around while stereo photographs capture the experience of the looking at details."
Source
http://www.covingtons-space.com/ (accessed on January 3., 2018)
Provenance:
Donated to the Archives Center by the artist Robert Covington.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Color digital photographic prints by Nancy Sirkis, some panoramic, depicting scenes in New York City and Buffalo, N.Y., and small towns.
Scope and Contents:
These photographs are digital prints from two ongoing projects by this photographer: (1) "Five Boroughs," a study of New York City; and (2) "Small Towns," which has led her to travel widely across America. Some of the images are panoramic, which the photographer creates by taking multiple incremental exposures, rather than a single panoramic view. These prints vary in size, the largest being 17" x 29".
Arrangement:
Collection is arranged into one series.
Biographical / Historical:
Nancy Sirkis was born in New York City. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Rhode Island School of Design and an M.A., from Hunter College. She has published books of her photographs, including Pleasures and Palaces (1962), "One Family" (1971), and Reflections of 1776: The Colonies Revisited (1974); has had her work published in many magazines, and has exhibited photographs in numerous galleries and museums since 1970.
Provenance:
Collection donated by Nancy Sirkis, date unknown.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for unrestricted research on site.
Rights:
Nancy Sirkis retains copyright. Reproduction requests must be referred to the photographer. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
1 Item (unmounted.; Ink on paper, 5-3/4" x 23" on 17" 24" paper)
Container:
Box 1
Type:
Archival materials
Digital images
Photographs
Panoramas
Place:
Decker (Mont.)
Montana
Scope and Contents:
Panorama shows a small post office with a pickup truck in front of it, several dilapidated buildings, other vehicles, and a cyan sky with white clouds.
Local Numbers:
AC1186-0000001m.tif (AC Scan No.)
Exhibitions Note:
Displayed in Archives Center exhibition, "Gift of the Artist: Photographers as Donors," November 11, 2011-Feb. 29, 2012. David Haberstich, curator.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for unrestricted research on site.
Collection Rights:
Nancy Sirkis retains copyright. Reproduction requests must be referred to the photographer. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
