Silver See: A Portfolio of Photography from Los Angeles, 1977

(21) Photographic prints

Published by the Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies in 1977

Overseen by Victor Landweber, Chairman of LACPS Portfolio Committee

Mediums: Gelatin silver prints, C-Prints, cyanotypes, hand-painted gelatin silver prints, lithographs, Polaroids and C-Prints

Each print signed by the individual artist

Edition of 23/45

Sizes: 5 x 7 inches to 16 x 20 inches or the reverse; some are matted

Portfolio clamshell case: 21 x 25 x 2 inches

Condition: Excellent; the contents of this portfolio have been housed in its clamshell box since its production

Retail: $20,000-$22,000

Artists:

JoAnn Callis

Eileen Cowin

Darryl Curran

Robert Fichter

Robbert Flick

Judith Golden

Robert Heinecken

Claire Henze

Steve Kahn

Robert Ketchum

Victor Landweber

Jerry McMillan

Philip Melnick

Marion Palfi

Sheila Pinkel

Leland Rice

Kay Shuper

Edmund Teske

Arthur Taussig

Robert Von Sternberg

Max Yavno

This portfolio is a quintessential look into the photography movement in Los Angeles in the late 1970s. As a private dealer specializing in 1960-70s photography and who is originally from Los Angeles, I can attest that the artist’s roster represents the most influential and key photographers of this foundation-breaking period in the history of photography.

Many photographers used experimental processes & methods in this project. For instance, Robbert Flick intentionally cut a diagonal triangle into the gelatin silver print, Judith Golden hand-painted her gelatin silver print with oils (as is typical of her famed People Magazine series), Sheila Pinkel photographed crumpled paper with strings and then intentionally crumpled the photographic paper to mirror her concept and Robert Heinecken, the father of breaking photographic barriers, mounted a Polaroid to his lithograph.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions or additional visuals.