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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Guide to the Robert Covington Stereograph Portfolio
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1201
- Creators:
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Covington, Robert L.
- Dates:
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1989-2008
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.2 Cubic feet1 box
- Repository:
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
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
Arrangement
Collection is arranged into one series.
Series 1: Prints, 1989-2008
Biographical / Historical
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)
Administration
Author
David Haberstich
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated to the Archives Center by the artist Robert Covington.
Processing Information
Collection processed by David Haberstich, 2013.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Use
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.
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
Robert Covington Stereograph Portfolio, 1989-2008, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Gift of the artist.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo (Japan) | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.) | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Stereographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Photographs -- Color photoprints -- 2000-2010 | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Portfolios (groups of works) | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Digital images | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Photographs -- Color photoprints -- 1950-2000 | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Bridges -- United States | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| World Trade Center (New York, N.Y.) | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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