http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c89g5t39 No online items Guide to the Arthur Tress Photographs M2214 Department of Special Collections and University Archives 2018 Green Library 557 Escondido Mall Stanford 94305-6064 [email protected] URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc Guide to the Arthur Tress M2214 1 Photographs M2214 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives Title: Arthur Tress photographs creator: Tress, Arthur Identifier/Call Number: M2214 Physical Description: 2 Linear Feet(58 prints in two boxes) Date (inclusive): 1965-1983 Abstract: Prints by American photographer Arthur Tress. Conditions Governing Access Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. Conditions Governing Use While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. Preferred Citation [identification of item], Arthur Tress photographs (M2214). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California. Biographical / Historical Arthur Tress (Nov. 24, 1940- ) has had an extremely active career and is well published, with much of his work incorporating his role as both director and photographer. His photographs engage a rich visual symbolism, often presenting dream-like, childhood states. He has also documented San Francisco in the 1960s and composed and photographed fantasy toy stage settings, such as the Teapot Opera. Over his career his work has been constantly inventive, often playful, always psychologically probing. Born in Brooklyn in 1940, Tress began his photography career as a teenager, photographing the dilapidated buildings and denizens of Coney Island. Early on he developed an interest in ethnographic photography and the production of photographic narratives, which led to a commission from the New York State Council on the Arts to produce Open space in the inner city; ecology and the urban environment (1971). His book, The Dream collector (1972), with staged photographic work based on his interviews with children and employing these same children to perform their dreams is now considered a classic in the photobook literature. With Theater of the mind (1976) Tress moved to adult fantasies and begins a period of overtly erotic work. In Facing up (alternatively titled Phallic phantasy, (1980), Tress moved to overtly gay photographic work. In more recent years Tress has continued in the “directorial mode,” and worked in color with miniature stage settings, producing The Teapot opera and the Fish tank sonata. He continues to actively photograph and exhibit. Immediate Source of Acquisition Anonymous gift ; 2017. Accession MSS 2017-111. Scope and Contents 58 approximately 8" x 10" prints by photographer Arthur Tress. Most of the prints are on double weight gelatin silver paper and are dry mounted on board. Subjects and Indexing Terms Photography, Artistic Tress, Arthur Series 1. Appalachia: People and Places Scope and Contents In 1968 Tress had his first one-person exhibition "Appalachia--People and Places", which was held at the Smithsonian Institute and the Sierra Gallery in New York City. Box 1, Folder 1 AT.2007.5774 North Carolina, Elk Park. Children of Unemployed Miners Live in Squalor, Play With Dirty Doll 1968 Series 2. Bagman box 1, folder 2 AT.2007.3568 Bagman, NY 1975 Guide to the Arthur Tress M2214 2 Photographs M2214 Series 2. Bagman box 1, folder 3 AT.2007.3575 Bagman, NY 1975 Series 3. Dream Collector box 1, folder 4 AT.2013.10338 Hockey Glove Fantasy, NY, NY box 1, folder 5 AT.2013.10343 Boy in Flood Dream, NY 1971 box 1, folder 6 AT.2013.10349 Philip Hecksher's Dream, Bar Harbor, Maine box 1, folder 7 AT.2013.10373 Girl in Aquarium with Sea Mammals, San Francisco, California 1972 box 1, folder 8 AT.2013.10378 Boy Listening to Musician, Biloxi, Miss. 1971 box 1, folder 9 AT.2013.10384 Girl in White Dress in Interior, Cape May, NJ 1971 box 1, folder 10 AT.2013.10402 Flying Dream, Queens, NY 1969 box 1, folder 11 AT.2013.10405 Boy in Labyrinth Maze, NY 1969 box 1, folder 12 AT.2016.10745 P.S.3 Dream Workshop, Rabbit by Window, NY 1969 Series 4. Elmer box 1, folder 13 AT.2007.3354 Elmer is a Political Prisoner, NY 1977 box 1, folder 14 AT.2007.3372 Elmer at End of Day, NY 1977 box 1, folder 15 AT.2007.3375 Elmer At Peep Show, NY 1977 box 1, folder 16 AT.2007.3392 Elmer Takes the Temperature, NY 1977 box 1, folder 17 AT.2007.3422 Elmer Uses a Caliper, NY 1977 box 1, folder 18 AT.2007.3502 Elmer Inside Clock, E.H. 1977 Series 5. Eskimo box 1, folder 19 AT.2012.9534 Eskimo Shaman, Point Hope, Alaska 1969 Series 6. India box 1, folder 20 AT.2012.9520 Cow Horns, Toda Tribe, India 1965 Series 7. Japan box 1, folder 21 AT.2012.9545 Fishing Floats, Japan 1965 box 1, folder 22 AT.2012.9548 Hiroshima, 1965. Double Exposure Showing Before + After Effects of Bomb 1965 Series 8. Male Nude/Gay/Facing Up box 1, folder 23 AT.2007.6312 Pool Attendant, Miami Beach, Florida 1977 box 1, folder 24 AT.2008.1907 Nude In Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY 1980 box 1, folder 25 AT.2008.1916 Nude with Jeans, NY 1980 box 1, folder 26 AT.2008.1938 Corn God, New Hope, Pa. 1980 box 1, folder 27 AT.2008.1949 Pier Cruising, NY 1980 box 1, folder 28 AT.2008.1963 After the Bomb, Brooklyn, NY 1980 box 1, folder 29 AT.2008.2002 Leather Couple in Doorway, NY 1980 box 1, folder 30 AT.2008.2124 The Ledger Book, NY 1980 box 1, folder 31 AT.2008.2239 The Prussian Soldier + Drinking Comrade, NY 1980 box 1, folder 32 AT.2008.2246 2 Leather Guys in Pier Doorways, NY 1980 box 1, folder 33 AT.2008.2253 Follow the Rules, NY 1980 box 1, folder 34 AT.2008.2363 Jung's dream, NY 1980 box 2, folder 1 AT.2008.2608 Rooftop Duet, NY 1977 box 2, folder 2 AT.2008.2613 Viper Vites, NY 1977 box 2, folder 3 AT.2008.6198 Man and Pump, NY box 2, folder 4 AT.2009.6211 Man in Black Tape, NY box 2, folder 5 AT.2009.6221 Grooming, NY box 2, folder 6 AT.2009.6274 The Gardener's Fantasy, Cold Spring, NY 1977 box 2, folder 7 AT.2009.6292 Couple, NY 1977 box 2, folder 8 AT.2009.6308 Mousetrap, NY 1977 box 2, folder 9 AT.2009.6309 Urban Cowboy, NY 1980 box 2, folder 10 AT.2009.6315 Wounded Soldier, NY 1977 box 2, folder 11 AT.2009.6317 Wrench Fantasy, NY 1977 box 2, folder 12 AT.2009.6334 Pier Guy, NY 1977 Series 9. San Francisco Guide to the Arthur Tress M2214 3 Photographs M2214 Series 9. San Francisco box 2, folder 13 AT.2007.6700 Man on Bench, SF, CA 1963 Series 10. Shadow box 2, folder 14 AT.2007.0744 Shadow King under El, NY 1974 box 2, folder 15 AT.2007.0746 Shadow on Subway Stairs, NY 1974 box 2, folder 16 AT.2007.0776 Shadow Feeding Giant Eagle, NY 1974 box 2, folder 17 AT.2007.1771 Shadow: The Town, Arles, France 1974 Series 11. Spray box 2, folder 18 AT.2007.0146 Oscillating Functions, NY 1983 Series 12. Still Life box 2, folder 19 AT.2007.3833 Tennis Anyone? Light Box Collage, NY 1983 box 2, folder 20 AT.2007.3870 Virgo, Collage, NY, Astrology Page, Magazine 1983 box 2, folder 21 AT.2007.3871 Father of the Bride, Collage, NY 1983 Series 13. Teapot Opera box 2, folder 22 AT.2007.4425 TPO 1981 box 2, folder 23 AT.2007.4510 TPO, I 1981 box 2, folder 24 AT.2007.4544 TPO, II 1981 Guide to the Arthur Tress M2214 4 Photographs M2214.