Call Number:

PH-00124

Collection Name:

William Russell Young Photography Collection

Creator:

No. of Items:

26 items

Span Dates:

1983-1997

Description:

The collection consists of twenty-one photographic prints by William Russell Young III (American, born 1949). Included are: fourteen gum bichromate prints, using different pigments and papers (983:0002:0001-0014); two gelatin silver prints (983:0002:0015; 999:0032:0002); one strip of 35mm transparencies, taken with a “Nimslo” camera (984:0057:0001); one lenticular, or “Nimslo,” photograph (985:0035:0001); one black-and-white Polaroid print made with a pinhole camera (988:0104:0001); two Ziatypes (a palladium and gold printing-out process) (998:0010:0001-0002); and four ink jet prints (998:0010:0003-0006); and one color holograph (2000:0065:0001). Subjects include female nudes, desert landscapes, and architecture in New Mexico. Time span covered is 1983-1997. Titles follow:

983:0002:0001 -- [Scene in woods,], (brown), 1983;
983:0002:0002 -- [Scene in woods], (green), 1983;
983:0002:0003 -- [Scene in woods], (green), 1983;
983:0002:0004 -- [Nude], (burnt sienna), 1983;
983:0002:0005 -- [Nude], (burnt sienna), 1983;
983:0002:0006 -- [Nude], (brown), 1983;
983:0002:0007 -- [Nude], (red), 1983;
983:0002:0008 -- [Nude], (sepia), 1983;
983:0002:0009 -- [Nude], (burnt sienna), 1983;
983:0002:0010 -- [Nude], (burnt sienna), 1983;
983:0002:0011 -- [Nude], (burnt sienna), 1983;
983:0002:0012 -- [Nude], (burnt sienna), 1983;
983:0002:0013 -- [Nude], (burnt sienna), 1983;
983:0002:0014 -- [Nude], (burnt sienna), 1983;
983:0002:0015 -- [Nude], 1983;
984:0057:0001 -- Strip of negatives made with ‘Nimslo’ camera, September 1984. 3.5 x 15.5 cm (object);
985:0035:0001 -- Print made with ‘Nimslo’ 3D process: View from La Bajada Hill with Apologies to Bill Clift, February 1985. Lenticular photograph, 11.4 x 8.9 cm;
988:0104:0001 -- Austin, Texas, 1987. Diffusion transfer print, 8.9 x 11 cm (image);
993:0066:0001 -- [Nude female torso], circa 1993. Cyanotype;
993:0066:0002 -- [Staircase and doorway], 1993. Cyanotype;
993:0066:0003 -- [Trees], 1993. Cyanotype;
998:0010:0001 -- City of Rocks, New Mexico, 1997;
998:0010:0002 -- Noir, 1997;
998:0010:0003 -- School at Watrous, New Mexico, 1997;
998:0010:0004 -- Church at Canoncito, New Mexico, 1997;
998:0010:0005 -- [Tress and a house];
998:0010:0006 -- [Windows of an abandoned building];
999:0032:0002 -- The Sanctuary at Chimayo, undated. Gelatin silver print;
2000:0065:0001 -- [Tree and mountain scene], 1985. Lenticular photograph, 25.4 x 20.3 cm.

Access Restrictions:

Advance notice and curatorial approval are required to request Young, W.R., Box 1 (983:0002:0001-0015). To make an appointment, please contact the Curator of Photography.

Location(s):

A-Z Box, Mini (993:0066:0001)
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X-Z Box, Extra Large (999:0032:0002)
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X-Z Box, Small (984:0057:0001; 985:0035:0001; 988:0104:0001; 993:0066:0002-0003; 998:0010:0001-0006; 2000:0065:0001)
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See Also:

Chrysotype Portfolio (982:0069:0001-0009) 6G:LP:Young, William Russell Box 1

The Kallitype: both Historical and Modern Formulae (985:0034:0001-0018) 6G:LP:Young, William Russell Box 2

Postcards/Greeting Cards from Various Photographers (Discrete Collection 144) (986:0007:0023) 6G:DIS:144