Untitled (publication)

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Untitled was a serial publication published by the Friends of Photography from 1972 to 1994. A total of 58 numbered publications were issued, first as a small magazine format and later as a series of booklets and full-size books. Numbers 1-10 displayed the series name and issue number on the cover, but as the publications became more specialized each number was titled independently in addition to the series name. The smallest publication in the series was Number 1, with 10 pages, and the largest was Number 43, with 156 pages.

Many of the publications were catalogs of exhibitions held at the Friends of Photography gallery in Carmel, California. The publication featured many famous photographers, including Ansel Adams, Ruth Bernhard, Harry Callahan, Roy DeCarava, Lee Friedlander, Mary Ellen Mark, Aaron Siskind, Paul Strand, Brett Weston, and Edward Weston. It also offered perspectives on newer photographic trends like plastic cameras and the influence of pop art. [1]

Here is a complete list of all 58 publications:

NumberTitleAuthorYearISBN
1Untitled #1: Edward Weston Dody W. Thompson1972
2/3Untitled 2 & 3Fred R. Parker, editor1973
4Untitled No. 4 | Anthony Hernandez and Joseph JachnaFred R. Parker, editor1973
5Untitled 5 | Four Exhibitions: André Kertész, Robert Rauschenberg, Robert Heinecken and Wynn Bullock Peter Thompson, editor1973
6Untitled 6Cheryl Douglas, editor1973
7/8On Change and ExchangePeter Thompson, editor1974
9In TimePeter Thompson, editor1975
10 Nancy Newhall 1908/1974 Beaumont Newhall & Peter Thompson, editors1976
11Emerging Los Angeles Photographers [2] Rodney C. Stewart1977
12 Albert Renger-Patzsch 1987-1966: Photographs from the Collection of the Friends of Photography James Enyeart, editor1977
13Plants: Photographs by Don Worth James Enyeart1977
14Untitled 14James Alinder, editor1978
15 Jerome Liebling: Photographs 1947-1977Estelle Jussim1978
16 Ansel Adams: 50 Years of PortraitsJames Alinder1978
17Comparative Photography: A Century of Change in Egypt and Israel - Francis Frith and Jane Reese WilliamsBrian M. Fagan1979 0-933286-08-2
18 Robert Cumming James Alinder1979 0-933286-09-0
19Vilem KrizDavid Featherstone1979 0-933286-10-4
20Collecting Light: The Photographs of Ruth Bernhard James Alinder1979 0-933286-11-2
21The Diana Show: Pictures Through a Plastic LensDavid Featherstone1980 0-933286-17-1
22Images from Within: The Photographs of Edmond TeskeJames Alinder1980 978-0933286184
239 Critics / 9 PhotographsJames Alinder1980 0-933286-21-X
24New Landscapes [3] Mark Johnstone1988 0-933286-22-8
25Discovery and RecognitionJames Alinder1981 0-933286-24-4
26Altered Landscapes: The Photographs of John Pfahl Peter C. Bunnell 1981 0-933286-23-6
27 Roy DeCarava James Alinder1981 0-933286-27-9
28Postures: The Studio Photographs of Marsha Burns David Featherstone1982 0-933286-25-2
29 Wright Morris: Photographs and WordsJames Alinder1982 0-933286-31-7
30The Contact Print 1946-1982James Alinder1982 0-933286-32-5
31 Nicholas Nixon: Photographs from One YearJames Alinder1983 0-933286-33-3
32 Mario Giacomelli Stephen Brigidi and Claire V. C. Peeps1983 0-933286-34-1
33 Samuel Bourne: Images of IndiaArthur Ollman1983 0-933286-36-8
34 Marion Post Wolcott: FSA PhotographsSally Stein1983 0-933286-38-4
35Observations: Essays on Documentary Photography [4] David Featherstone, editor1984 0-933286-39-2
36 Harry Callahan: EleanorAnne Kennedy and Nicholas Callaway, editors1984 0-935112-11-1
37Ansel Adams: 1902-1984James Alinder, editor1984 0-933286-41-4
38 Todd Walker Julia K. Nelson1985 0-933286-42-2
39 Mary Ellen Mark: Photographs of Mother Teresa's Missions of Charity in IndiaDavid Featherstone1985 0-933286-43-0
40 Don Worth: Photographs 1955-1985Hal Fischer1986 0-933286-44-9
41EW 100: Centennial Essays in Honor of Edward WestonPeter C. Bunnell and David Featherstone, editors1986 9-780933-286-45-0
42 Eikoh Hosoe Ronald J. Hill1986 0-933286-46-5
43Light Years: The Friends of Photography 1967-1987James Alinder, editor1987 0-933286-48-1
44 Olivia Parker: Weighing the PlanetsOlivia Parker1987 0-933286-49-X
45Judith Golden: Cycles, A Decade of PhotographsDavid Featherstone1988 0-933286-47-3
46 Frank Gohlke: Landscapes from the Middle of the World. Photographs 1972-1987Ben Lifson1988 0-933286-50-3
47 Michael Kenna: Night WalkJerome Tarshis1988 0-933286-51-1
48Close to Home: Seven Documentary PhotographersDavid Featherstone1989 0-933286-52-X
49 Aaron Siskind: Road Trip, Photographs 1980-1988 Charles Traub 1989 0-933286-53-8
50 Holly Roberts David Featherstone1989 0-933286-54-6
51Of Time & Place: Walker Evans & William Christenberry Thomas W. Southall1990 0-933286-56-2
52Toward a Truer Life - Photographs of China 1980-1990 by Reagan Louie Jonthan Spence1991 0-89381-477-6
53Zeke Berman: OptiksDebra Heimerdinger1991 0-933286-59-7
54 Lorna Simpson Deborah Willis 1992 0-933286-60-0
55Ansel Adams: New Light - Essays on His Legacy and LegendMichael Read, editor1993 0-933286-61-9
56Special Collections: The Photographic Order from Pop to NowCharles Stainback1992 0-933286-62-7
57Ancestral Dialogues: The Photographs of Albert Chong Quincy Troupe 1994 0-933286-63-5
58American Prospects: Photographs by Joel Sternfeld Andy Grundberg and Anne W. Tucker1994 0-933286-65-1

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References

  1. Alinder, James G. (1987). Light Years: The Friends of Photography 1967-1987 . Carmel, CA: Friends of Photography. pp.  84–88. ISBN   0-933286-48-1.
  2. Introduction by Darryl Curran, Robert Heinecken, Leland Rice and John Upton. Featured artists are Gary Burns, Grant Rusk, Philip Melnick, Jo Ann Callis, John Divola, Arthur Taussig, Ron Leighton, Elliot Schwartz a. o..
  3. Features the work of Gail Skoff, Lynn Lown, Linda Connor, Robert Adams, Wanda Hammerbeck, Jay Dusard, Lara Volkerding, Eric Johnson.
  4. Features nine essays by Maria Morris Hambourg, Bill Jay, William Johnson, Mark Johnstone, Estelle Jussim, Max Kozloff, Beaumont Newhall, Alan Trachtenberg, and Anne Wilkes Tucker.