Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Guide to the Paola Ferrario Color Photographs

Summary
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0699
Creators:
Ferrario, Paola
Dates:
1989-1996
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.1 Cubic feet
1 box
Repository:
Two color prints of industrial subjects in Elgin, Texas, and Taylor, Texas, 1995-1996; and 35mm color slide copies of 20" x 24" color prints: 12 from "Texas Cotton Towns series, 1995-1996, and 10 from "Guatemalan Altars" series, 1989-1996.
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of color prints of industrial subjects in Elgin, Texas, and Taylor, Texas, 1995-1996 and color slide copies of 20" x 24" color prints.
Arrangement
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into twp series.
Series 1: Color Prints
Series 2: Color Slides
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Born in Rho (Milan) Italy in 1963. BFA, San Francisco Art Institute; M.F.A. in photography, Yale University 1988. Since then, she has completed projects in Italy, Guatemala, Turkey and the United States. She has received several awards and fellowships, including the Friends of Photography/Calumet Emerging Photographer award in 2000 and the Paul Taylor/Dorothea Lange Prize from Duke University in 2001, Puffin Foundation Grant in 2003, a Guggenheim Fellowship in Photography in 2004 and Harnish Visiting Fellowship at Smith College 2005–11 and 2016–17. Her work has been collected by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Ferrario is the author of 19 Pictures, 22 Recipes 2012. She has published criticism in such publications as Art in America and Photograph magazine. She is represented by Rick Wester Fine Art in New York. Asssistant Professor of Photography, Rhode Island College, Providence.
Administration
Author
David Haberstich
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection donated by Paola Ferrario, December 18, 1998 and June 26, 2002.
Processing Information
Collection processed by David Haberstich, 2017.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Use
Paola Ferrario retains copyright. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Conditions Governing Access
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.
Preferred Citation
Paola Ferrario Color Photographs, 1989-1996, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Keywords
Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Cotton -- 1990-2000 -- Texas Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Color slides -- 1990-2000 Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Elgin (Texas) -- 1990-2000 Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ektacolor Supra II (brand name) paper Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Industrial photography -- 1990-2000 -- Texas Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Guatemala -- 1990-2000 Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Color prints (photographs) -- 20th century Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs -- 1980-2000 Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photography, Industrial -- 1990-2000 -- Texas Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Taylor (Texas) -- 1990-2000 Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Slides (photographs) -- 1980-2000 Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Texas -- 1990-2000 Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Color photography -- 1990-2000 Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Color prints (photographs) Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Chromogenic color prints Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Chromogenic processes Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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