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Assotto Saint photograph collection.

Title: Assotto Saint photograph collection.
Author: Saint, Assotto, 1957-1994
Publication: [198-?]-2010.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Assotto Saint Collection	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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p1tc Saint, Assotto, 1957-1994 Assoto Saint papers, 1981-1993 (OCoLC)700077396

Description

115 items (.2 cubic ft., 1 box); 26 x 21 cm or smaller.
62 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
26 photographic prints : color ;
27 negatives : color ;

Summary

Collection depicts the personal and professional life of gay activist, poet and performance artist Assotto Saint (né Yves Lubin), from the 1980s to 1994. The collection consists of individual portraits, some of which were probably used for publicity purposes, of Saint, his life partner and fellow Xotica band member Jan Holmgrem, and friends and associates; group portraits, mostly publicity photographs, of his musical group Xotika, and a pair of unidentified young men embracing; and posthumous interior views of Saint's New York City apartment (1994) that includes a candid shot of family members, friends, and estate executors. The collection does not document Saint's activism or his literary career.
Among the individuals depicted are George Bellinger, Jr., Jola Bernard Branner, Don Charles, Vinson German, Cary Alan Johnson, Steve Langley, Craig A. Reynolds, Robert Westley, and Arthur Theodore Wilson. Also depicted is a combined snapshot view of the 2010 Project Aids Memorial Quilt in Central Park, New York.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Portrait photographs – 1980-1999.
Group portraits – 1980-1999.
Gelatin silver prints – 1980-1999.
Dye coupler prints – 1990-2010.
Film negatives – 1990-1999.

Note

Title taken from Assotto Saint Papers.
Some photographs bear photographer's handstamp or name handwritten on recto or verso. Some items bear photographer's name labels affixed to recto or verso. Some items bear printed captions on recto or handwritten captions on verso. Three snapshots are taped together on verso to form one image.
Collection contains work by Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Leigh H. Mosley, Becket Logan, Robert Giard, and J. Miccolo Johnson.

Terms of Use (note)

Some items are restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

Assotto Saint,1957-1994, was born Yves Francois Lubin in Haiti. Based in New York City, Saint was a gay activist, poet and performance artist. He founded a publishing business, Galiens Press; was founder and artistic director of the Metamorphosis Theater; and lead singer for the rock band Xotica. Saint died of HIV-related illness in New York City.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Assotto Saint Papers, 1981-1993.

Call Number

Sc Photo Assotto Saint Collection

OCLC

1286281307

Author

Saint, Assotto, 1957-1994, collector.

Title

Assotto Saint photograph collection.

Production

[198-?]-2010.

Type of Content

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Terms Of Use

Some items are restricted; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography

Assotto Saint,1957-1994, was born Yves Francois Lubin in Haiti. Based in New York City, Saint was a gay activist, poet and performance artist. He founded a publishing business, Galiens Press; was founder and artistic director of the Metamorphosis Theater; and lead singer for the rock band Xotica. Saint died of HIV-related illness in New York City.

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