Michael and Marianne O'Shaughnessy: photography for Red Crane Books, 1989-2001
Content Description
Approximately 51 binders of images (photographic prints, negatives, contact sheets, and 4 x 5 color transparencies) used in Red Crane Books publications plus additional non-photographic material transferred to the History Library (for details on this, please see accession papers). Red Crane Books was a small press in Santa Fe, NM, run by Michael and Marianne O'Shaughnessy for about ten years. Two very important groups of images show Navajo uranium miners and mines, and contemporary views of the Santa Fe Trail. There is a Taos portrait series. The bulk of the rest of the collection is photography of objects, including works of art and Spanish Colonial artifacts, many of which can be identified.
Acquisition Type
Gift
Provenance
Michael and Marianne O'Shaughnessy
Restrictions Apply
Yes
Use Restrictions
Use of images may be restricted. Restrictions may particularly apply to the photography from Built of Earth and Song: Churches on Northern New Mexico.
Dates
- 1989-2001
Creator
- Parsons, Jack, 1939- (Person)
Extent
51 binders : binders of images (photographic prints, negatives, contact sheets, and 4 x 5 color transparencies)
Inventory
Yucatan Cookbook (1 binder)-food photography; The Navajo Brothers and the Stolen Herd (1 binder)-photographs of art work; Young Goat's Discover (1 binder)-photographs of art work; Filipino Cuisine (1 binder)-food photography; El Norte: The Cuisine of Northern New Mexico (1 binder)-food photography; New Cooking from Old Mexico (1 binder)-food photography; La Cocina de la Fontera (1 binder)-food photography (only copy of corresponding book given to History Library); Built of Earth and Song: Churches on Northern New Mexico (1 binder)-photographs of churches; Spirit Ascendant (1 binder)-object photography; Taos Moderns-Art of the New (1 binder)-object photography; Quincy Tahoma (1 binder)-photographs of paintings, cancelled project for Red Crane; The World of Flower Blue: Pop Chalee (2 binders)-object photography and copy prints of historic imagery; Land So Remote (26 binders )-primarily object photography from Larry Frank Collection; New Kingdom of Saints ( 4 binders & 1 portfolio )-primarily object photography from Larry Frank Collection; some copy historical photos used in the book; If You Poison Us (3 binders)-Navajo uranium mining; Author photos (1 binder)-portraits of authors for Red Crane Books; New Mexico Poetry Renaissance (1 binder)-portraits of NM poets; Presentation on NM at Guadalajara Book Fair (1 binder)-documentary photography of the book fair; Santa Fe Trail by Bicyle (1 binder)-scenes along the Santa Fe Trail; 3 framed photographs (hung in offices of Red Crane?); Taos Portraits Photographs.