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Abraham Aronow Photography Collection Descriptive Summary Creator: Aronow, Abraham, 1940- Title: Abraham Aronow Photography Collection Dates: 1980s-2012 Extent: 8 boxes (196 photographs) Abstract: The collection consists of 196 photographs by Abraham Aronow from his series Portraits of Contemporary Photographers. Call Number: Photography Collection PH-2415 Language: English Access: Open for research. To make an appointment or to reserve photography materials, please contact the Center's staff at [email protected] Administrative Information Acquisition: Gift, 2012 (12-06-007-G) Processed by: Kait Dorsky, 2015 Repository: The University of Texas at Austin, Harry Ransom Center Aronow, Abraham, 1940- Photography Collection PH-2415 Biographical Sketch Abraham "Abe" Aronow was born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 3 1940, and was raised in New Haven, Connecticut. At age ten, Aronow began learning photography from his father who was an amateur photographer. Following his graduation from James Hillhouse High School, he enrolled at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1962 and then enrolled at Harvard Medical School, earning his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1966. Three years later, he and his wife, Alice Barney Aronow (born 1942), moved to San Francisco, California. Aronow practiced medicine in the Bay area until his retirement in 2007. While working as a physician, Ansel Adams became one of Aronow’s patients in 1981. Adams invited Aronow to a filming session attended by the surviving members of Group f/64 and other photographers. This began a decades-long and ongoing as of 2015 photographic project by Aronow, focusing on portraits of photographers, artists, authors, musicians, scholars, scientists, physicians, and others. Sources: Abraham Aronow Photographs. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Wikipedia contributors. "Abraham Aronow." In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Accessed September 25, 2015. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraham_Aronow&oldid=617262644 Scope and Contents The collection consists of 196 photographs (185 gelatin silver prints, 11 chromogenic color prints) by American photographer Abraham "Abe" Aronow from his series Portraits of Contemporary Photographers. The majority of the portraits are headshots of twentieth-century photographers, including such notable figures as Ansel Adams, eve Arnold, Richard Avedon, Elliott Erwitt, Lee Friedlander, Annie Leibovitz, Sally Mann, Beaumont Newhall, Arnold Newman, and Aaron Siskind. Also included are portraits of other significant figures associated with photography including historians, curators, and dealers. Many of the portraits were made at the Ansel Adams Workshop in Carmel, California, with others made in the photographers' homes and studios. The photographs are organized in alphabetical order by subjects’ last names. 2 Aronow, Abraham, 1940- Photography Collection PH-2415 Index Terms Subjects Art dealers. Art historians. Curators. Photographers. Photographers--20th Century. Photographers--21st Century. Portrait photography. Women photographers. Document Types Chromogenic color prints. Gelatin silver prints. 3 Aronow, Abraham, 1940- Photography Collection PH-2415 Accession Number: 2012:0016:0001 Ansel Adams, Carmel, California, undated. Container Gelatin silver print, 34.4 x 26.8 cm (image); 35.4 x 27.7 cm (sheet). 2 Accession Number: 2012:0016:0002 Ansel Adams at his home with Juan Hamilton sculpture, Carmel, California, 1981, printed 2008. Gelatin silver print, 20.7 x 26.5 cm (image); 20.7 x 35.3 cm (sheet). Accession Number: 2012:0016:0003 Ansel Adams in his favorite chair at home, Carmel, California, 1981, printed 2008. Gelatin silver print, 20.3 x 25.9 cm (image); 27.9 x 35.4 cm (sheet). Accession Number: 2012:0016:0004 Ansel Adams, Carmel, California, undated. Container Gelatin silver print, 19.6 x 15.9 cm (image); 25.3 x 20.2 cm (sheet). 1 Accession Number: 2012:0016:0005 Eddie Adams at his home studio, New York, Container New York, 2003, printed 2010. Gelatin silver print, 28.1 x 21 cm (image); 35.4 x 2 27.9 cm (sheet). Accession Number: 2012:0016:0006 Robert Adams at his home, Longmont, Colorado, 1995, printed 2010. Gelatin silver print, 25.8 x 21.3 cm (image); 35.5 x 27.8 cm (sheet). Accession Number: 2012:0016:0007 Bill Allard, Ivy, Virginia, 1998, printed 1999. Gelatin silver print, 23.7 x 20.4 cm (image); 35.4 x 27.8 cm (sheet). Accession Number: 2012:0016:0008 Robert Altman at Soma Inn Café, San Francisco, California, 2003, printed 2010. Gelatin silver print, 26.3 x 21.4 cm (image); 35.3 x 27.9 cm (sheet). Accession Number: 2012:0016:0009 Alex Alvarez at Ansel Adams Workshop, Carmel, California, 1982, printed 2008. Gelatin silver print, 20.1 x 22.7 cm (image); 27.8 x 35.3 cm (sheet). Accession Number: 2012:0016:0010 Frank Armstrong at his home, West Boylston, Massachusetts, 2002, printed 2010. Gelatin silver print, 23.6 x 20.9 cm (image); 35.4 x 27.7 cm (sheet). Accession Number: 2012:0016:0011 Eve Arnold, Bath, England, undated. Gelatin Container silver print, 11.2 x 8.2 cm (image); 17.7 x 12.7 cm (sheet). 1 Accession Number: 2012:0016:0012 Eve Arnold, Bath, England, undated. Gelatin silver print, 10.8 x 8 cm (image); 17.7 x 12.7 cm (sheet). Accession Number: 2012:0016:0013 Abe Aronow, self-portrait, California Container Museum of Photography, University of California Riverside, 2004, printed 2011. 2 Gelatin silver print, 26.3 x 21.3 cm (image); 35.4 x 27.8 cm (sheet). 4 Aronow, Abraham, 1940- Photography Collection PH-2415 Accession Number: 2012:0016:0014 Ellen Auerbach at her home, New York, New York, 1994, printed 2010. Gelatin silver print, 28 x 20.6 cm (image); 35.4 x 27.7 cm (sheet). Accession Number: 2012:0016:0015 Richard Avedon at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California, 1986, printed 2007. Gelatin silver print, 28.7 x 21.4 cm (image); 35.3 x 27.8 cm (sheet). Accession Number: 2012:0016:0016 Richard Avedon at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California, 1986, printed 2006. Gelatin silver print, 28.7 x 22.1 cm (image); 35.5 x 27.7 cm (sheet). Accession Number: 2012:0016:0017 Morley Baer, undated. Gelatin silver print, 26.8 x 34.4 cm (image); 27.7 x 35.4 cm (sheet). Accession Number: 2012:0016:0018 John Baldessari at his studio, Santa Monica, California, 1994, printed 2010. Gelatin silver print, 28 x 20.1 cm (image); 35.4 x 27.9 cm (sheet). Accession Number: 2012:0016:0019 Paula Barr in her studio, 2002. Gelatin silver print, 25.8 x 20.4 cm (image); 35.4 x 27.8 cm (sheet). Accession Number: 2012:0016:0020 Jason Bell at his home, London, England, 2002, printed 2003. Gelatin silver print, 27.1 x 21.8 cm (image); 35.4 x 27.7 cm (sheet). Accession Number: 2012:0016:0021 Jason Bellat his home, London, England, undated. Gelatin silver print, 27.1 x 21.9 cm (image); 35.3 x 27.9 cm (sheet). Accession Number: 2012:0016:0022 Harry Benson at his home, New York, New York, 1994, printed 2010. Gelatin silver print, 20.3 x 26.4 cm (image); 27.9 x 35.4 cm (sheet). Accession Number: 2012:0016:0023 Ruth Bernhard at her home, San Francisco, California, 1985, printed 2005. Gelatin silver print, 28.5 x 21.1 cm (image); 35.4 x 27.7 cm (sheet). Accession Number: 2012:0016:0024 Ruth Bernhard at her home, San Francisco, California, 1985, printed 2005. Gelatin silver print, 29.3 x 21.7 cm (image); 35.4 x 27.7 cm (sheet). Accession Number: 2012:0016:0025 Jeffrey Fraenkel and Frish Brandt at their gallery, San Francisco, California, 1998, printed 2010. Gelatin silver print, 19.4 x 23.3 cm (image); 27.7 x 35.4 cm (sheet). Accession Number: 2012:0016:0026 Wolf von dem Bussche at his home, Berkeley, California, 2002, printed 2010. Gelatin silver print, 28.3 x 21.3 cm (image); 35.4 x 27.9 cm (sheet). 5 Aronow, Abraham, 1940- Photography Collection PH-2415 Accession Number: 2012:0016:0027 Harry Callahan at his home, Providence, Rhode Island, 1984, printed 2007. Gelatin silver print, 25.3 x 20.9 cm (image); 35.4 x 27.7 cm (sheet). Accession Number: 2012:0016:0028 Robert Cameron at his office, San Francisco, Container California, 1994, printed 2010. Gelatin silver print, 26.5 x 20 cm (image); 35.3 x 3 27.9 cm (sheet). Accession Number: 2012:0016:0029 Morrie Camhi, undated. Gelatin silver print, Container 24.2 x 19.3 cm (image); 25.2 x 20.3 cm (sheet). 1 Accession Number: 2012:0016:0030 Morrie Camhi, undated. Gelatin silver print, 24.2 x 19.3 cm (image); 25.2 x 20.3 cm (sheet). Accession Number: 2012:0016:0031 Cornell Capa at his ICP office, New York, Container New York, 1984, printed 2010. Gelatin silver print, 27.3 x 21.4 cm (image); 35.3 x 3 27.9 cm (sheet). Accession Number: 2012:0016:0032 Paul Caponigro, San Francisco, California, Container undated. Gelatin silver print, 13.6 x 8.4 cm (image); 17.7 x 12.6 cm (sheet). 1 Accession Number: 2012:0016:0033 Paul Caponigro, San Francisco, California, undated. Gelatin silver print, 13.7 x 8.7 cm (image); 17.7 x 12.6 cm (sheet). Accession Number: 2012:0016:0034 Elinor Carucci I. At her home, New York, Container New York, 2006, printed 2010. Gelatin silver print, 27.9 x 20.4 cm (image); 35.4 x 3 27.7 cm (sheet). Accession Number: 2012:0016:0035 Elinor Carucci II. At her home, New York, New York, 2006, printed 2010. Gelatin silver print, 25.4 x 21.1 cm (image); 35.4 x 27.7 cm (sheet).