Object Details
- Donor
- Sirkis, Nancy
- Place
- New York (N.Y.) -- 21st century
- Topic
- Small towns
- Provenance
- Collection donated by Nancy Sirkis, date unknown.
- Donor
- Sirkis, Nancy
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- Nancy Sirkis Digital Photoprints
- Summary
- Color digital photographic prints by Nancy Sirkis, some panoramic, depicting scenes in New York City and Buffalo, N.Y., and small towns.
- 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.
- Extent
- .50 Cubic feet (1 box, 1 map folder )
- Date
- circa 2008-2009
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Identifier
- NMAH.AC.1186
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Panoramas
- Photographs
- Citation
- Nancy Sirkis Digital Photoprints, 2009-2009, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Gift of the artist.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged into one series.
- Processing Information
- Collection processed by David Haberstich, 2017.
- 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.
- Genre/Form
- Panoramas
- Photographs -- Photoprints -- Inkjet -- 2000-2010
- 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".
- Restrictions
- Collection is open for unrestricted research on site.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503512106252-1503512106257-0
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