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“Special Collections at UCSC is one of the few places that provides the preservation and access needed to keep this communication alive. This is something I can do for the history and the future of photography.” 10 —Al Weber Al Weber in his Carmel darkroom
Attracting the Best Not all major contributions to UCSC are financial. In-kind gifts of artwork, manuscripts, and historical artifacts have made University Library Special Collections one of the most respected archives in the nation. This outstanding collection emphasizes the book arts; the interrelationships among text, image, and object; and archival documentation of nonliterary arts such as music, painting, and photography. At the heart of Special Collections is the Photography Archive, initiated in the late 1960s with an anonymous gift of Edward Weston’s Project Prints, 832 photographs selected by Weston himself to represent the best of his career. Under the expert stewardship of Special Collections head Rita Bottoms and her staff—with assistance from noted photographer Al Weber (see sidebar)— the Photography Archive is expanding rapidly. The collection now includes work from many of the country’s most distinguished photographers, listed at right. Ruth-Marion Baruch, All the symbols of the Haight. Gelatin silver print, 1967 UCSC preserves timeless images for posterity Erik Lauritzen, Bent Ladder #24. Dual-layer digital pigment print on watercolor paper, 2001 Ansel Adams Morley Baer* Ruth-Marion Baruch* Wynn Bullock Steve Crouch* Christopher Felver Terri Garland Philip Hyde* Pirkle Jones* r. r. jones Victor Jorgensen* Erik Lauritzen* Tom Millea Laszlo Moholy-Nagy Graham Nash Nash Editions Gerry Spence Seema Weatherwax* Al Weber* Annie Wells Edward Weston *UCSC houses their archive Al Weber plays a key role in archive expansion Rita Bottoms, head of UCSC Special Collections, gives Carmel-based photographer Al Weber much of the credit for building UCSC’s Photography Archive to its current stature. Weber is internationally respected for his impressive body of work and for his contributions as a teacher and mentor. His career spans five decades and includes aerial photography, architectural work, and rich images of the American Southwest. Weber’s work continues to evolve, and he leads workshops and classes throughout the U.S. and Europe. Weber’s link to Special Collections began in the early 1990s when he rescued the archives of photographer Steve Crouch, whose book Steinbeck Country brought central California landscapes to a national audience. When Crouch died, no provision had been made to preserve his archive, and it was almost carted to the dump. Weber collaborated with Bottoms to place the work in Special Collections, and he has since been instrumental in encouraging many fellow photographers to house their archives there. Says Weber: “Art is an important form of communication. If work is lost, or locked away where it can’t be experienced by new generations, we break an essential historical link. Special Collections at UCSC is one of the few places that provides the preservation and access needed to keep this communication alive. This is something I can do for the history and the future of photography.” R For more information, contact Margaret Gordon, Library Development Office, (831) 459-4211, mgordon@cats.ucsc.edu 11
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