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- The order: from Matthew Barney's Cremaster 3
- Call Number: N6537.B2257 O744 2003
Publication information: New York : Palm Pictures, c2003
Physical description: 1 videodisc (151 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + contents insert
Description: In a death-defying race to the top of the Guggenheim Museum, Matthew Barney is a tartan-clad apprentice seeking Masonic redemption
Contents: The order / film version from Cremaster 3 (31 min.) -- The order / with multiangle navigation (120 min.)
- The Magical worlds of Joseph Cornell
- Call Number: N 6537.C66 M355 2004
Publication information: Washington, D.C. : Voyager Foundation, c2004.
Physical description: 1 videodisc : sd. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 DVD-ROM (sd. ; 4 3/4 in.).
Contents: DISC 1 [DVD]. Magical films of Joseph Cornell -- DISC 2 [DVD-ROM]. Magical worlds of Joseph Cornell interactive explorations.
Description: The DVD (disc 1) contains 9 of Cornell's films in full; Larry Jordan's short film Cornell, 1965, which includes the only known film footage of Cornell himself. The DVD-ROM (disc 2) contains over 250 of Cornell's box constructions, collages, films, and publications; over 40 in-depth explorations with multiple views, animation, and video; audio and video interviews with those who knew Cornell; over 200 source materials from the Joseph Cornell Study Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.; insights into Cornell's worlds through a timeline of his life, family photos, papers, books, and music; specially commissioned text entries on Cornell's major subjects and themes.
- Point of view; an anthology of the moving image. gary Hill
- Call Number: N6537.H533 A35 2004
Publication information: [New York] : Bick Productions : New Museum of Contemporary Art, 2004
Physical description: 1 videodisc (12 min., 27 sec.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Part of a series presenting a point of entry for contemporary artists working in video, film and digital imagery who represent different generations and cultural perspectives. In Blind spot, created by the American artist Gary Hill, a brief encounter in the street with a man in a southern French city that has a large North African population is slowed down, forcing the viewer into an intimate relationship with the subject and the shifting emotions in his face. Film is followed by an in-depth interview with the video artist
- Point of view; an anthology of the moving image. Joan Jonas
- Call Number: N6537.J663 A35 2004
Publication information: [New York] : Bick Productions : New Museum of Contemporary Art, 2004
Physical description: 1 videodisc (6 min., 24 sec.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Part of a series presenting a point of entry for contemporary artists working in video, film and digital imagery who represent different generations and cultural perspectives. In Waltz, a filmed performance piece created by the American artist Joan Jonas, she pays homage to 18th century French outdoor theater, incorporating mythology into the narrative alongside spontaneously occurring events. Film is followed by an in-depth interview with the video artist
- Point of view; an anthology of the moving image. Paul McCarthy
- Call Number: N6537.M31 A35 2004
Publication information: [New York] : Bick Productions : New Museum of Contemporary Art, 2004
Physical description: 1 videodisc (5 min., 20 sec.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Part of a series presenting a point of entry for contemporary artists working in video, film and digital imagery who represent different generations and cultural perspectives. WGG (Wild gone girls), a filmed performance piece created by the American artist Paul McCarthy, depicts a sailing party gone wrong. McCarthy questions the effects that violence and mutilation, both real and simulated, have on the viewer in contemporary culture. Film is followed by an in-depth interview with the video artist
- Man Ray; the Bazaar years, 1920-1940
- Call Number: N6537.R3 M36 1999
Publication information: Venice, CA : Art/World Productions TMW Media Group [distributor], c1999
Physical description: 1 videocassette (10 min.) : sd., col. and b&w 1/2 in
Description: Willis Hartshorn, director of the International Center of Photography in New York City, conducts a tour of an exhibit of Man Ray's commercial work, mainly as a fashion photographer for magazines such as Harper's Bazaar during the period 1920-1940. Discusses the relation between his commercial work and his artistic photography
- Point of view; an anthology of the moving image. Douglas Gordon
- Call Number: N6797.G66 A35 2004
Publication information: [New York] : Bick Productions : New Museum of Contemporary Art, 2004
Physical description: 1 videodisc (13 min., 48 sec.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Part of a series presenting a point of entry for contemporary artists working in video, film and digital imagery who represent different generations and cultural perspectives. In Over my shoulder, created by the Scottish artist Douglas Gordon, the artist uses hand gesticulations against a white sheet to communicate violent and sensual emotions. Film is followed by an in-depth interview with the video artist
- Point of view; an anthology of the moving image. isaac Julien
- Call Number: N6797.J85 A35 2004
Publication information: [New York] : Bick Productions : New Museum of Contemporary Art, 2004
Physical description: 1 videodisc (4 min., 38 sec.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Part of a series presenting a point of entry for contemporary artists working in video, film and digital imagery who represent different generations and cultural perspectives. Encore (Paradise Omeros: redux) created by the English artist Isaac Julien, presents stunning, color-saturated images that refer to the African Diaspora and the quest to find roots in a New World. Film is followed by an in-depth interview with the video artist
- Point of view; an anthology of the moving image. Pierre Huyghe
- Call Number: N6853.H88 A53 2004
Publication information: [New York] : New Museum of Contemporary Art, 2004
Physical description: 1 videodisc (5 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Part of a series presenting a point of entry for contemporary artists working in video, film and digital imagery who represent different generations and cultural perspectives. In I Jedi, created by the French artist Pierre Huyghe, the film references Andy Warhol's Empire State and pays homage to Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters by incorporating the Devil's Tower monument made famous in the film. Huyghe splits the screen in half, creating a mood of suspense, as the viewer waits for a correction that never takes place. Film is followed by an in-depth interview with the video artist
- Point of view; an anthology of the moving image. Francis Ayls
- Call Number: N6973.A45 A35 2004
Publication information: [New York] : Bick Productions : New Museum of Contemporary Art, 2004
Physical description: 1 videodisc (4 min., 12 sec.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Part of a series presenting a point of entry for contemporary artists working in video, film and digital imagery who represent different generations and cultural perspectives. In El Gringo, created by the Belgian artist Francis Alys, viewers experience the discomfort of being an outsider when the camera is confronted by a pack of snarling dogs. Film is followed by an in-depth interview with the video artist
- Point of view; an anthology of the moving image. David Claerbout
- Call Number: N6973.C55 A35 2004
Publication information: [New York] : Bick Productions : New Museum of Contemporary Art, 2004
Physical description: 1 videodisc (2 min., 44 sec.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Part of a series presenting a point of entry for contemporary artists working in video, film and digital imagery who represent different generations and cultural perspectives. In Le moment, created by the Belgian artist David Claerbout, cinematic techniques are used to create a suspenseful journey through a dimly lit forest that reaches an unexpected conclusion. Film is followed by an in-depth interview with the video artist
- Point of view; an anthology of the moving image. Pipilotti Rist
- Call Number: N7153.R57 A35 2004
Publication information: [New York] : Bick Productions : New Museum of Contemporary Art, 2004
Physical description: 1 videodisc (4 min., 48 sec.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Part of a series presenting a point of entry for contemporary artists working in video, film and digital imagery who represent different generations and cultural perspectives. I want to see you, created by the Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist, explores the macrocosm of humanity in a video, art and music collaboration. A lyrical tale of a witch's coven is played over images of a person where each body part symbolically represents an area of the world. Film is followed by an in-depth interview with the video artist
- Point of view; an anthology of the moving image. Anri Sala
- Call Number: N7255.A43 S25 2004
Publication information: [New York] : Bick Productions : New Museum of Contemporary Art, 2004
Physical description: 1 videodisc (5 min., 22 sec.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Part of a series presenting a point of entry for contemporary artists working in video, film and digital imagery who represent different generations and cultural perspectives. In Time after time, created by the Albanian artist Anri Sala, oblique and barely moving frames stimulate the viewers' visual and auditory capacity by forcing them to concentrate on a single puzzling image until its essence is revealed in an unexpected flash of light. Film is followed by an in-depth interview with the video artist
- Point of view; an anthology of the moving image. William Kentridge
- Call Number: N7396.K45 A35 2004
Publication information: [New York] : Bick Productions : New Museum of Contemporary Art, 2004
Physical description: 1 videodisc (2 min., 38 sec.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Part of a series presenting a point of entry for contemporary artists working in video, film and digital imagery who represent different generations and cultural perspectives. In Automatic writing, created by the South African artist William Kentridge, the artist's beautiful series of animated black and white drawings brings viewers into the artist's unconscious, using surrealist techniques to explore the point where writing and drawing intersect. Film is followed by an in-depth interview with the video artist
- William Kentridge; drawing the passing
- Call Number: N7396.K47 W55 1999
Publication information: Houghton, South Africa : David Krut [S.l.] : Distributed by German United Distributors, c1999
Physical description: 1 videocassette (50' 27 ) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Kentridge discusses the creative process of making his animated films, drawings, and theatre work. Shows him in the final stages of animating Stereoscope and includes excepts from various works. In his artistic works he has investigated the diseased, amnesiac consciousness of late and post-apartheid South Africa
- Origins of American animation, 1900-1921
- Call Number: NC1766.U5 O7 1995
Publication information: New York : Unapix Consumer Products, c1995
Physical description: 1 videocassette (84 min.) : sd., b&w 1/2 in. + 1 guide ([4] p. 18 cm.)
Description: This collection, 21 complete films and two fragments, showcases the best of the Library of Congress's animated cartoons from the first decades of this century, an era full of surprises and experimentation
- Chuck Jones; extremes & inbetweens, a life in animation
- Call Number: NC1766.U52 J6637 2000
Publication information: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2000
Physical description: 1 videocassette (85 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Chuck Jones offers a personal introduction to his timeless cartoon creations, with clips from classic works like What's Opera, Doc? and highlights from cartoon shorts. Presents a fascinating look at the life and times of the pioneering artist whose contributions have influenced some of today's leading animators and filmmakers. Includes critiques from many leading filmmakers
- Land & landscape;views of America's history and culture
- Call Number: ND1351 .L364 1996
Publication information: Washington, D.C. : National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Glenview, IL : Crystal Productions [distributor], c1996
Physical description: 1 videocassette (27 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Examines American landscape painting and photography from the early nineteenth century to the late twentieth century. Combines images with first-person accounts to explore how the nation's social, cultural, and political history shaped our land and landscape. Topics include the wilderness, transportation, land management and agriculture, and the industrial landscape
- David Hockney's secret knowledge
- Call Number: ND1482.R4 D395 2004 2002
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2002
Physical description: 1 videocassette (81 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Investigation of how early painters used simple cameras to capture realistic images--400 years before the invention of the photograph. Examines works by Jan Van Eyck, Vermeer, Holbein, Caravaggio and Velázquez. Demonstrates methods using camera lucida, camera obscura and convex mirrors
- The art of television
- Call Number: NX180.T44 A7 1993
Publication information: c1993
Physical description: 1 videocassette (27 min., 37 sec.) : sd., col 1/2 in
Description: Presents background information to enable the student to become an active and critical television viewer. Discusses the effect of television on other art mediums such as painting, and live experiences such as theater productions, when they are viewed via television as opposed to in-person. Discusses production techniques, problems of color reproduction, sound, perception, and editing
- Two moon July
- Call Number: PN 1995.9 .I45 T9 1987
Publication information: [Beverly Hills, Calif.] : Pacific Arts Video, c1987
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Impressionistic performance and video collaboration between contemporary artists, recorded live at The Kitchen in New York City. Features music, dance, video and visual arts
- The adventure of photography; 150 years of the photographic image
- Call Number: TR15 .A3 1998
Publication information: West Long Branch, N.J. : Kultur, 1998
Physical description: 2 videodiscs (260 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 4 3/4 in. + contents insert
Description: Conceived as an introspective journey that takes you from the first daguerreotypes to war photojournalism, from fashion spreads to the greatest contemporary artists, this program includes 1700 pictures, 300 artists, and will appeal to all photographers--amateur and professional alike. This is not only the history of an amazing art form, it is also the adventure of one century and a half during which photography has captured the image of the collective conscience --Container
- Camera.
- Call Number: TR15 .C3 1991
Publication information: [Oak Forest, IL] : MPI Home Video [distributor], [1991]
Physical description: 10 videocassettes (60 min ea.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
- Daguerre and the photo camera
- Call Number: TR15 .D34 1994
Publication information: Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities and Sciences, c1994
Physical description: 1 videocassette (15 min.) : sd., col. and b&w 1/2 in
Description: The antecedents of Daguerre's camera, its technological innovations, some of the marvels that were recorded with it, and where it all led. --Container
- Images; a celebration of 150 years of photography
- Call Number: TR15 .I43 1991
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, c1991
Physical description: 6 videocassettes (26 min. each) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Looks at various aspects of photography throughout the 150 years since its invention. Discusses its technical aspects, its use in documentation, and its emergence as an art form
- 150 years of photography
- Call Number: TR15 .O54 1988
Publication information: Rochester, N.Y. : Kodak, 1988
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: This chronicle of American photography contains the works of both unrecognized and established photographers
- American photography; a century of images
- Call Number: TR23 .A512 1999
Publication information: Alexandria, Va. : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c1999
Physical description: 3 videocassettes (ca. 161 min.) : sd, col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Presents the whole range of photography in the United States in the 20th century. The range of topics include artistic photography, photojournalism and home photography. The series mentions the technological change and the impact that photographs have whether they are personal or newsworthy
- Ansel Adams, photographer
- Call Number: TR140.A3 A55 1986
Publication information: Beverly Hills, CA : Pacific Arts Video, 1986
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: A portrait of Ansel Adams, one of the greatest photographers of the 20th century, that captures the spirit and artistry of the man as he talks about his life and demonstrates the techniques which have made his work legendary
- Ansel Adams
- Call Number: TR140.A55 A57 2003
Publication information: [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video, [2003]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (100 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Intimate portrait of a great artist and ardent environmentalist-for whom life and art, photography and wilderness, creativity and communication, love and expression, were inextricably connected
- Ansel Adams, photographer
- Call Number: TR140.A55 A6 1980
Publication information: [Chicago, Ill.] : Distributed by International Film Bureau, [198-?], c1957
Physical description: 1 videocassette (21 min.) : sd., b&w 1/2 in
Description: Records the life and work of Ansel Adams, the American photographer. Describes his equipment, his home, his interests, and his attitude toward art in general, toward photography, and toward life
- Going where I've never been; the photography of Diane Arbus
- Call Number: TR140.A73 G64 1989
Publication information: New York : Camera Three Productions, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. and b&w 1/2 in
Description: Explores Diane Arbus' work and ideas through her own words and the reflections of her daughter and close friends
- Richard Avedon; darkness and light
- Call Number: TR140.A93 R52 1997
Publication information: Chicago, IL : Home Vision Arts, [1997]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (87 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Presents a biography of fashion and portraiture photographer, Richard Avedon
- Ruth Bernhard, photographer
- Call Number: TR140.B47 R8 1988
Publication information: Milpitas, CA : R.L. Burrill Associates, c1988
Physical description: 1 videocassette (56 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in. + 1 bibliographic sheet
Description: Documents the life and work of photographer Ruth Bernhard through interviews, studies of her methods in the studio and darkroom, and an extensive retrospective of her work
- Evelyn Cameron;pictures from a worthy life
- Call Number: TR140.C26 .E945 2005
Publication information: [Missoula, Mont.?] : Montana PBS KUFM-TV/The University of Montana, c2005
Physical description: 1 videodisc (57 mins.) : sd., col., with b&w sequences 4 3/4 in
Description: Presents the story of Evelyn Cameron, an extraordinary woman pioneer who left behind an unrivaled legacy -- thousands of photographic images and thirty-five years of diaries that detailed life in eastern Montana at the turn of the 20th century. From 1894 to1928, Evelyn photographed the changing face of Montana -- horse and cattle drives, sheep herding, the wool trade, the railroad, and the arrival of homesteaders
- Henri Cartier-Bresson?; point d'interrogation a film
- Call Number: TR140.C3 H4 1998
Publication information: Chicago, IL : Home Vision Arts, [1998], c1994
Physical description: 1 videocassette (37 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Documentary about photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, including footage of him in his Paris and Provence homes and many stills of his works. He talks about his passion for drawing, offers his opinion on different types of photography and shares photos of himself
- Never give up; Imogen Cunningham
- Call Number: TR140.C78 N48 1999
Publication information: [Chicago, Ill. : Distributed by Facets Multimedia, 1999], c1975
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (29 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Features an interview with and autobiographical study of Imogen Cunningham and her photographic work of over 70 years
- Different lenses; the photography of Edward & Asahel Curtis
- Call Number: TR140.C82 D5 1998
Publication information: [1998], c1996
Physical description: 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Two great photographers witnessed the exciting history of the Pacific Northwest at the turn of the century. They were brothers, yet their stories could not have been more different. Edward, obsessed with the past, became famous for his artistic portrayals of traditional American Indian life. Asahel Curtis trumpeted the future and optimistically recorded the making of a vigorous industrial society. As the modern world was built around them, Asahel and Edward Curtis created visions of the Northwest that have lived in people's minds ever since
- The shadow catcher; Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian
- Call Number: TR140.C87 S5 1993
Publication information: New York : Distributed by Fox Lorber Associates, Inc. : Mystic Fire Video, c1993
Physical description: 1 videocassette (88 min.) : sd., col. and b&w 1/2 in
Description: A film that retraces Curtis's journeys from the pueblo regions of the Southwest, north to British Columbia and Alaska, using re-creations of events from his source materials: unpublished journals, field notes, private letters and all of Curtis's recoverable film footage of the trip
- The hungry eye; Walker Evans
- Call Number: TR140.E92 H86 2000
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2000
Physical description: 1 videocassette (15 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: The stark, deceptively simple photographs of Walker Evans have become a part of America's collective memory, forever capturing the places and faces of times long gone. In this program, NewsHour correspondent Ray Suarez outlines Evans' life while talking with Jeff Rosenheim, curator of photography at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Evans' close friend William Christenberry, about the late photographer's approach to his art, his collaboration with writer James Agee on Let us now praise famous men, his love of advertising signage, and other topics. --Container
- William Henry Fox Talbot; a little bit of magic realised
- Call Number: TR140.F49 W54 1995
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities and Sciences [S.l] : HTV West, c1995
Physical description: 1 videocassette (27 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Fox Talbot discovered the negative-positive process. This program explains both the technical aspects of his work and shows many of his thought-provoking results
- Fire in the East; a portrait of Robert Frank
- Call Number: TR140.F67 F57 1986
Publication information: Houston, Tex. : Distributed by the Museum of Fine Arts, c1986
Physical description: 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: This documentary presents an intimate view of four decades of Frank's life, films, and photographs. Features interviews with many of his collaborators and contemporaries
- Tilting at space; the work of Jan Groover
- Call Number: TR140.G7 T5 1994
Publication information: New York, NY : Checkerboard Foundation, 1994
Physical description: 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Presents a documentary on the techniques and work of artistic photographer, Jan Groover
- America and Lewis Hine
- Call Number: TR140.H52 A4 1996
Publication information: New York, NY : New Video Group, Inc., [1996], c1984
Physical description: 1 videocassette (56 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Using historical photographs and footage, follows America's pioneer industrial photographer on his odyssey through the mines, mills, and factories of America in the first half of the twentieth century
- Horst; sixty years and still in vogue
- Call Number: TR140.H6 .H6 1992
Publication information: Chicago, IL : Home Vision Arts, c1992
Physical description: 1 videocassette (50 min) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Examines the life and work of Horst. Known for some of the most beautiful fashion images ever created, Horst was the first photographer to have an exhibit at the Louvre
- Everything is photograph; profile of Andre Kertesz
- Call Number: TR140.K4 E9 1989
Publication information: New York : Camera Three Productions, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Explores the life and work of Kertesz who discusses his art and reminisces, as he is filmed in his adopted city, New York
- Dorothea Lange
- Call Number: TR140.L3 D67 2004
Publication information: Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities, [2004], c1988
Physical description: 1 videodisc (13 min.) : sd., col. & b&w 4 3/4 in.
Description: The story of photographer Dorothea Lange. Trained as a society photographer, she began documenting the effects of the Depression on ordinary Americans in the 1930's. Her images spoke eloquently of the plight of the poor and brought the distress and desperation of the Depression into the consciousness of the public
- Annie Leibovitz; celebrity photographer
- Call Number: TR140.L45 A45 1997
Publication information: Chicago, IL : Home Vision Arts, 1997, c1993
Physical description: 1 videocassette (51 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
- Tina in Mexico
- Call Number: TR140.M58 T56 2003
Publication information: Oley, PA : Bullfrog Films, c2003
Physical description: 1 videocassette (59:36 min.) : sd., col. and b&w 1/2 in
Description: Portrait of photographer Tina Modotti in revolutionary 1920s Mexico. Looks at her work and her passionate relationships with contemporary artists and revolutionaries, including Edward Weston and Diego Rivera
- Helmut Newton; frames from the edge
- Call Number: TR140.N488 H4 1988
Publication information: [S.l.] : Distributed worldwide by RM Associates [Chicago, IL] : Home Vision c1988
Physical description: 1 videocassette (95 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Explains how Helmut Newton raised nude photography to an art form. Features the photographer at work with models, discusses his life and work, and interviews several of his famous subjects
- Half past autumn; the life and art of Gordon Parks
- Call Number: TR140.P35 H35 1999
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1999
Physical description: 1 videocassette (12 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Eighty-five-year-old Gordon Parks discusses his lifelong career in the arts. Best known for his photography, Parks has documented the plight of the poor for Life magazine, as well as photographed the famous and the fashion elite. His other accomplishments include being film director, poet, author, composer, and digital art pioneer
- Traci Parks; unique perspectives
- Call Number: TR140.P377 T7 2001
Publication information: [Columbus, Ohio] : Artists in Residence, c2001
Physical description: 1 videocassette (55 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Traci Parks discusses the challenges of running her own business, photography, and overcoming her visual impairment. Demonstrates her techniques and also includes a sampling of her portfolio
- Andrew J. Russell; a visual historian
- Call Number: TR140.R8 A6 1983x
Publication information: Chicago, Ill. : Encyclopaedia Britannica [distributor], c1983
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (29 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: A documentary that focuses on the man who used his camera to capture pivotal events in 19th-century American history, including the Civil War and the settling of the West
- W. Eugene Smith; photography made difficult
- Call Number: TR140.S627 W2 1989
Publication information: [Chicago?] : Home Vision, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (87 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: A profile of W. Eugene Smith as told through his photographs, interviews and dramatized sequences
- Alfred Stieglitz; photographer, 1864-1946
- Call Number: TR140.S7 A44 1998
Publication information: West Long Branch, N.J. : Kultur [distributor], [1998?]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Examines the works and achievements of this influential figure in the history of photography and modern art in America. Draws from Stieglitz's own observations and reminiscences of various people who knew him well
- Edward J. Steichen
- Call Number: TR140.S7 E339 1995
Publication information: West Long Branch, N.J. : Kultur, 1995
Physical description: 1 videocassette (55 min.) : sd., b&w with col. sequences 1/2 in
Description: The video recounts the life of the photographer Edward Steichen, the creator of the Family of Man Exhibition, and his accomplishments as a leading portrait photographer and as a cultural force in presenting Picasso in his New York Gallery and reinventing modern fashion and war photography
- This is Edward Steichen
- Call Number: TR140.S7 T4 1989
Publication information: New York : Camera Three Productions, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., b&w 1/2 in
Description: A biographical sketch of the octogenarian photographer, humanist, and scientist, who discusses his personal philosophy and reminisces about celebrated friends and photographic subjects
- Strand; under the dark cloth
- Call Number: TR140.S7345 S7 1991
Publication information: New York : Kino International, 1991, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (81 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: A documentary portrait of the photographer Paul Strand
- John Szarkowski; a life in photography produced and conceived by Richard B. Woodward directed by Sandra McLeod produced by Checkerboard Foundation, Inc
- Call Number: TR140.S9 J6 1998
Publication information: New York : Checkerboard Film Foundation, c1998
Physical description: 1 videocassette (47:37) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Examines his life as both curator and photographer, a career he abandoned and recently returned to with the publication of Mr. Bristol's Barn. Discusses how he helped establish photography for the first time as a true and different kind of art
- Honest vision; a portrait of Todd Webb
- Call Number: TR140.W38 H6 1998
Publication information: [1998], c1996
Physical description: 1 videocassette (55 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Presents the life and times of American photographer, Todd Webb, through the wit and stories of Webb himself. Features Webb's photographs of Paris, New York and the American West
- Wegman's world
- Call Number: TR140.W44 W44 1997
Publication information: Washington, D.C. : New River Media, [1997]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (59 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Visits artist William Wegman at his summer house in the remote forests of Maine for a behind-the-scenes look at photo sessions with his four Weimaraners
- Introduction to photography and visual literacy
- Call Number: TR145 .I68 2002
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2002
Physical description: 1 videocassette (27 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Takes a look at the importance of visual language skills and examines how information overload is shortening human attention span, the proliferation of iconographic communication, and the implications for the education system. Includes a capsule history of photography with insights into its future
- Odyssey of life.
- Call Number: TR147 .O4 1996
Publication information: South Burlington, VT : WGBH Video, c1996
Physical description: 1 videocassette (57 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Photographer Lennart Nilsson turns the camera on himself in this documentary of the state-of-the-art technology he uses to lead viewers into the womb or give them an up-close and personal look at insects, viruses and sea creatures
- Decoding photographic images
- Call Number: TR179 .D43 2002
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2002]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (27 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Focuses on how the basic components of photography--line, shape, form, texture, balance, volume duality, point of view, depth of field, and perspective--contribute to an image's impact on the subconscious mind
- Photographic storytelling
- Call Number: TR179 .P46 2002
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2002
Physical description: 1 videocassette (27 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Explains how photographers work to communicate stories and ideas and how viewers interpret their images. Covers point of view, context, editing, superimposing, cropping, recoloring, and captioning. Also studies selective perception --seeing pictures through one's own values and prejudices
- Persuasion, propaganda, and photography
- Call Number: TR183 .P48 2002
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2002]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (27 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Discusses the manipulative power of photography by illustrating how commercial photography has created an obsession with youth and physical perfection. Also covers exploiting interest in celebrities, sex, and violence. Demonstrates how photogenic people who know how to use the visual media can dominate the political scene
- Truth or fiction?; photography and ethics
- Call Number: TR183 .T78 2003
Publication information: Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2003
Physical description: 1 videocassette (27 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Photographs have the potential to present powerful truths, or to create convincing fictions. This program uses case studies involving Iwo Jima, Elian Gonzalez, and O.J. Simpson to show how images can be manipulated to influence the way viewers perceive events. The ethics of photography and the positive and negative impacts of digital technology, which is steadily eroding the border between artistic and documentary photography, are covered. -- Container
- Magic of the image; photography revealed = Magie de l'image la photographie révélée
- Call Number: TR287 .M34 1999
Publication information: Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1999
Physical description: 1 videocassette (27 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: This elegant program artistically unfolds the history of photography, including the contributions of Joseph Niépce, Louis Daguerre, Fox Talbot, and the Lumières, with an emphasis on the processes involved in creating photographs --Container
- Portraits and snapshots
- Call Number: TR575 .P67 2002
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2002]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (27 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Explores how professional and amateur photographers capture the essence of people as means of self-exploration and cultural narrative
- Photography; making art and recording life
- Call Number: TR624 .P46 2002
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2002
Physical description: 1 videocassette (27 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Examines existing and emerging areas in the photographic arts, including documentary photography, portraiture, still life, commercial photography, and photojournalism
- Captured light; the invention of still photography
- Call Number: TR642 .C25 1996
Publication information: New York : A & E Home Video : distributed in the U.S. by New Video Group, [1996], c1995
Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Takes a look at the invention and evolution of the art, science, and business of photography
- Duane Michals
- Call Number: TR 642 .D8 1978
Publication information: New York, N.Y. : The Foundation, c1978
Physical description: 1 videocassette (14 min.) : sd., b&w 1/2 in
Description: The humorous, sinister surrealism of Michals' sequential photo-narratives provides a perfect subject for this film treatment in which editing, sound effects, and Michals' own voice-over narration convey the spirit of his work
- Ruth Orkin; frames of life
- Call Number: TR647 .O74 1998
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences [distributor], c1998, c1995
Physical description: 1 videocassette (20 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Discusses the career of photographer and filmmaker Ruth Orkin
- To dream with open eyes; with photographs and commentary
- Call Number: TR650 .H296 1992
Publication information: Minneapolis, Minn. : Media Loft, Inc., c1992
Physical description: 1 videocassette (49 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 brochure
Description: Ernst Haas shares his philosophy of photography, his techniques, and experience. Illustrated with still examples of his work
- Aaron Siskind
- Call Number: TR 654 .A7 1981
Publication information: New York : The Foundation, 1981
Physical description: 1 videocassette (17 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: In the early 1940's, Siskind broke with the traditions of documentary photography and began making personal, abstract pictures. This portrait of Siskind's work, narrated by Siskind, was shot on location in Martha's Vineyard and Lima, Peru
- Hockney the photographer
- Call Number: TR 654 .H6 1983
Publication information: [Chicago, Ill.] : Home Vision [distributor], c1983
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (55 min.) : sd., col., stereo. 1/2 in
Description: Hockney is filmed at his Los Angeles home working on his joiner photographs. Includes Hockney's first experiment in making fine art out of cinematography
- Looking back at you
- Call Number: TR654 .L6 1998
Publication information: Chicago, IL : Home Vision Arts, [1998], c1993
Physical description: 1 videocassette (59 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Examines the photography of Sebastião Salgado and places his photographs into the context in which they were taken. Places particular emphasis on his book, Workers
- La photographie conceptuelle; Conceptual photography
- Call Number: TR654 .P468 2000
Publication information: France : Arte Video [Chicago, Ill.] : Facets Video, c2004
Physical description: 1 videodisc (ca. 130 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 4 3/4 in
Description: A collection of films examining ten contemporary photographers--their work, their points-of-view, their secrets of creation
- Le renouveau de la photographie contemporaine; The renewal of contemporary photography
- Call Number: TR654 .R466 2000
Publication information: France : Arte Video [Chicago, Ill.] : Facets Video, 2000
Physical description: 1 videodisc (ca. 143 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 4 3/4 in
Description: A collection of films examining eleven contemporary photographers--their work, their points-of-view, their secrets of creation
- Love, life, death and other trifles; or, Jan Saudek, Czech photographer
- Call Number: TR654 .S275 2000
Publication information: West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, [2000]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (40 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Biographical sketch and personal narrative of Czech photographer Jan Saudek, whose shockingly honest, provocative photographs cross the line between kitsch and great art. Contains over 100 of Jan Saudek's most renowned photographs
- Seeing for himself; with photographs and commentary
- Call Number: TR654 .S4 1990
Publication information: Minneapolis, MN : Media Loft, c1990
Physical description: 1 videocassette (27 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 brochure
Description: Presents an interview with William Albert Allard during a retrospective exhibition in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. He discusses the importance of relating to his subjects, finding passion in his work, and shooting on the edge of action and light. Includes more than 80 of his images
- Harry Callahan; Eleanor and Barbara
- Call Number: TR680.C19 H3 1985
Publication information: New York, N.Y. : The Foundation, [198-?]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (18 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Features Harry Callahan's photographs of his wife, Barbara, and daughter, Eleanor, taken over a period of approximately twenty-five years. Through the photographs, viewers are given an important insight into Callahan's creativity
- Cindy Sherman; transformations
- Call Number: TR680 .C56 2002
Publication information: New York Inner-Tube Video, c2002
Physical description: 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Shows Sherman's photographs of herself impersonating various fictitious characters. Includes interviews with Sherman Helene Winer, her dealer, and art critic Peter Schjeldahl
- Nan Goldin; in my life
- Call Number: TR680 .N3 1997
Publication information: New York : Inner-Tube Video, c1997
Physical description: 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Presents Goldin's 1996 mid-career photography retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art, featuring work culled from more than 25 years of taking pictures. Chronicles her involvement and fascination with the alternative, downtown culture of New York, Boston, Berlin, Tokyo, etc. Includes interviews with Nan Goldin and Marvin Heiferman
- Sharing the dream; Brian Lanker photographs Black women who changed America
- Call Number: TR681.W6 L3 1989
Publication information: Minneapolis : Media Loft, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (45 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in. + 1 brochure
Description: Pulitzer prize-winning photographer Brian Lanker shares the elements of his two-year project photographing 75 great Black women. The program details how he obtained grant funding, gained access to his subjects, and guided the work into both a book (I dream a world) and a show at the Corcoran Gallery
- The filming of a television commercial; the Saab Deer spot by LuckaFilm, New York for Ally & Gargano Advertising, New York
- Call Number: TR690.4 .F5 1992
Publication information: Minneapolis, MN : Media Loft, c1992
Physical description: 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: A documentary showing how Klaus Lucka directs every step of the production of a national TV commercial for Saab automobiles. Demonstrates the pecise planning and skilled execution required to translate an art director's imaginary storyboard into a 30-second movie
- The precise image; from imagination to reality with photographs and commentary
- Call Number: TR690.4 .P7 1992
Publication information: Minneapolis, MN : Media Loft, c1992
Physical description: 1 videocassette (36 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 brochure
Description: Klaus Lucka, a successful advertising photographer, describes how he plans and executes a photography session in order to capture the right image
- The photographers
- Call Number: TR790 .P4 1995
Publication information: [Washington, D.C.] : National Geographic Video, c1995
Physical description: 1 videocasette (60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Some of the best photographers in the world, who have done assignments for National Geographic, reflect on their jobs and their art
- Barbara Morgan; everything is dancing
- Call Number: TR817.5 .B37 1983
Publication information: New York, NY : Checkerboard Foundation, c1983
Physical description: 1 videocassette (19 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Barbara Morgan reveals why movement and dance became important subjects in her photography
- Sight and insight; photographer Sam Abell's art of simplicity
- Call Number: TR820 .A2 1992
Publication information: Minneapolis : Media Loft, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 guide card
Description: Abell relates the pictures he takes to his visual thinking, what he sees and how he interprets his impressions, finally translating them into pictures. He identifies stylistic qualities in his work, reveals the rewards of patience during the shoot, and explores the value of pictures that transcend their literal meaning
- Sam Abell; sight and insight photographer Sam Abell's art of simplicity
- Call Number: TR820 .A2 1992
Publication information: Minneapolis, MN : Media Loft, 1992, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Viewers go on assignment with Abell to photograph Shaker heritage in Kentucky and Maine, identifying the qualities he looks for in subjects and explaining how he interprets, captures and communicates these qualities on film. Images in this program are drawn from seventeen years of Abell's work on Geographic as well as his personal photography
- Decision-making in photojournalism
- Call Number: TR820 .D435 2004
Publication information: West Lafayette, IN : C-SPAN Archives, c2004
Physical description: 1 videodisc (74 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Editors and photojournalists discussed the decision-making process for publishing controversial photographs. Topics addressed included photographs of war scenes, the decision-making process in printing and placement of photographs in print media, and the potential impact on the public and circulation
- Dr. Erich Salomon, photographer; the candid image
- Call Number: TR820 .D7 1992
Publication information: Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities and Sciences, c1992
Physical description: 1 videocassette : sd., col. and b&w, 1/2 in
Description: German photographer Dr. Erich Salomon (1886-1944), was one of the first photojournalists to penetrate the previously impenetrable world of prime ministers, presidents and kings. He played a large role in the birth of a new era of photojournalism with his candid camera technique, photographing his subjects secretly. He was renowned in Europe until the rise of Nazi Germany when he was forced into exile in Holland and later died in a concentration camp in 1944
- La grande tradition du photo-reportage; The great tradition of photojournalism
- Call Number: TR820 .G73 2000
Publication information: France : Arte Video [Chicago, Ill.] : Facets Video, 2000
Physical description: 1 videodisc (ca. 156 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 4 3/4 in
Description: A collection of films examining twelve contemporary photographers--their work, their points-of-view, their secrets of creation
- Images of Life; photographs that changed the world
- Call Number: TR820 .I6 1998
Publication information: Beverly Hills, Calif. : ZM Productions, Inc. : CBS Video : Distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [1998], c1996
Physical description: 1 videocassette (47 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: A special 60th anniversary presentation that brings Life magazine's most memorable stories about the greatest events and most unforgettable people of our time to life, including man's first walk on the moon, the Civil Rights Movement, the war in Vietnam, the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy, the massacre at Tiananmen Square, and more
- Remembering Life
- Call Number: TR820 .R46 1985
Publication information: Beverly Hills, Calif. : Active Home Video, c1985
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: This retrospective includes the insights and anecdotes of some of the most brilliant photo-journalists that made Life the mirror of its era such as Margaret Bourke-White, Carl Mydans, Martha Holmes, and Gordon Parks
- The searching eye; with photographs and commentary
- Call Number: TR820.5 .M375 1992
Publication information: Minneapolis : Media Loft, c1992
Physical description: 1 videocassette (24 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Mary Ellen Mark is a freelance documentary photographer committed to making powerful images from disturbing, even dangerous, subjects such as drug abuse, teen pregnancy, runaways, and bordello life in India. She reveals how one may have a fulfilling, artistic career dealing with real world subjects while making a living as a photographer
- The cinematograph
- Call Number: TR848 .C5 1994
Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, c1994
Physical description: 1 videocassette (15 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Explains the many antecedents of the cinematograph, shows excerpts from the films of Lumière and Méliès (who elevated film to the level of art), and sheds light on the technological advances in the art of film
- Visions of light
- Call Number: TR 850 .V5 1994
Publication information: Beverly Hills, CA : FoxVideo, 1994
Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Presents the story of cinematography as seen through the lenses of the world's greatest filmmakers and captured in classic scenes from over 125 immortal movies
- Visions of light; the art of cinematography
- Call Number: TR850 .V5 2000
Publication information: [Beverly Hills, Calif.] : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Chatsworth, CA : Distributed by Image Entertainment, [2000]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 4 3/4 in
Description: The story of cinematography as seen through the lenses of the world's greatest filmmakers and captured in classic scenes from over 125 immortal movies. Traces the evolution and innovations of cinematography beginning in an era when the movie camera was a marvelous invention, and examines how the filmmaking process was complicated by new cinematic trends and technologies
- Animation now!;Anima Mundi
- Call Number: TR897.5 .A5385 2004
Publication information: Koln Los Angeles : Taschen, 2004
Physical description: 573 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) 26 cm. + 1 DVD (4 3/4 in.)
- Masters of animation
- Call Number: TR897.5 .M378 1986
Publication information: Chicago, IL : [Distributed by] Home Vision, c1986
Physical description: 4 videocassettes (369 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Represents the peak achievements of 7,000 artists from 13 countries. Provides an opportunity to experience the exciting diversity of the world's leading animation artists, and shows examples of state of the art animation technology
- The art of computer animation
- Call Number: TR897.7 .A7 1988
Publication information: Beverly Hills, CA : Pacific Arts Video, c1988
Physical description: 1 videocassette (75 min.) : sd., col. with b&w segment 1/2 in
Description: Presents a collection of representative works in computer animation by over thirty artists, ranging from exotic flights of fancy, to the ultra realism of simulators, to never seen before commercials. Vary in length from a few seconds to full dramas, displaying music, comedy, romance, and elegant and breath-takingly beautiful techniques
- Computer visions
- Call Number: TR897.7 .C6 1991
Publication information: Los Angeles : Pacific Arts Video, c1991
Physical description: 1 videorecording (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: A collection of computer animated scenes. Includes a behind-the-scenes look at the animators and at the tools and techniques they use
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