Stephen Strom Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-2012-009
Scope and Content
This collection consists of prints and their matching digital files created by Stephen Strom. Images were taken from 1979 - 2010. Photographic subjects include various cities and communities in New Mexico (Abiquiu, Bisti, Capulin, Deming, Farmington, Hillsboro, Magdalena, Mesilla, Mogollon, Peñasco, Pie Town, Shiprock, Taos, Tierra Amarilla, and White Sands) and Arizona (Canyon de Chelly). Images include landscapes and building exteriors. This collection maintains Strom’s original order. Digital files on two CDs can be found in the back of box 1.
Dates
- 1979-2010
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Duplication of print and photographic material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for copyright compliance. For more information see the Photographs and Images Research Guide and contact the Pictorial Archivist.
Biography
Stephen Strom spent his professional career as an astronomer. Born in 1942 in New York City, he graduated from Harvard College in 1962. In 1964 he received his Masters and Ph.D. in Astronomy from Harvard University. From 1964-68 he held appointments as Lecturer in Astronomy at Harvard and Astrophysicist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. He then moved to the State University of New York at Stony Brook and served for 4 years as Coordinator of Astronomy and Astrophysics. In 1972 he accepted an appointment at the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tucson, AZ, where he served as Chair of the Galactic and Extragalactic program. The following 15 years were spent at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA; from 1984-1997 he served as Chairman of the Five College Astronomy Department. In 1998 Strom returned to Tucson as a member of the scientific staff at the National Optical Astronomy Observatory where he carried out research directed at understanding the formation of stars and planetary systems. He retired from NOAO in 2007.
Strom began photographing the landscape in 1978. He studied both the history of photography and silver and non-silver photography in studio courses with Todd Walker at the University of Arizona. His work has been exhibited widely throughout the United States and is held in several permanent collections.
[Taken from Stephen Strom - Fine Art Photography]
Strom began photographing the landscape in 1978. He studied both the history of photography and silver and non-silver photography in studio courses with Todd Walker at the University of Arizona. His work has been exhibited widely throughout the United States and is held in several permanent collections.
[Taken from Stephen Strom - Fine Art Photography]
Extent
51 plus items (2 boxes) : 51 photographs, duplicated on 2 CDs with 51 digital images ; prints: 8.5 x 11 in. and 13 x 19 in.
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Stephen Strom Photograph Collection consists of prints and digital images of landscapes and building exteriors of various New Mexico communities.
Arrangement of the Collection
The Stephen Strom Photograph Collection is arranged alphabetically based on the photographer’s original order. 8.5” x 11” and 13” x 19” photographs are separated.
Physical Location
B2. Shelved by Pictorial Number. Oversize box 2 shelved in Big Box location by Pictorial Number.
Collection Available Online
Images from the Stephen Strom collection are availiable online on New Mexico Digital Collections .
- Abiquiu (N.M.) -- Pictorial works
- Bisti (N.M.) – Pictorial works
- Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (N.M.) – Pictorial works
- Capulin (Union County, N.M.) – Pictorial works
- Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.) -- Pictorial works
- Church buildings – New Mexico – Pictorial works
- Cities and towns -- New Mexico – Pictorial works
- Deming (N.M.) – Pictorial works
- Farmington (N.M.) -- Pictorial works
- Hillsboro (N.M.) – Pictorial works
- Interstate 10 – Pictorial works
- Landscape photography – New Mexico
- Magdalena (N.M.) – Pictorial works
- Mesilla (N.M.) – Pictorial works
- Mogollon (N.M.) – Pictorial works
- Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah -- Pictorial works
- Otero Mesa (N.M.) – Pictorial works
- Peñasco (N.M.) – Pictorial works
- Pie Town (N.M.) – Pictorial works
- Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico – Pictorial works
- Shiprock (N.M.) – Pictorial works
- Stephen Strom Photograph Collection
- Taos (N.M.) -- Pictorial works
- Tierra Amarilla (N.M.) – Pictorial works
- White Sands National Park (N.M.)
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Stephen Strom Photograph Collection, 1979-2010
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Brianne Stein
- Date
- © 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
- Sponsor
- Funding provided by the University of New Mexico Libraries, Center for Regional Studies.
Revision Statements
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu