INVENTORY OF THE WIM SWAAN PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION,
1951-1995
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©1998
J. Paul Getty Trust.
INVENTORY OF THE WIM SWAAN PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION,
1951-1995
Accession no. 96.P.21
Finding aid prepared by Lynda Bunting
Getty Research Institute
Contact Information:
- The Getty Research Institute
- Research Library
- Special Collections and Visual Resources
- 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
- Los Angeles, California 90049-1688
- Phone: (310) 440-7390
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- Lynda Bunting
- Date Completed:
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©1998 J. Paul Getty Trust
Descriptive Summary
Title: Wim Swaan photograph collection
Date (inclusive): 1951-1995
Collection number: 96.P.21
Creator:
Swaan, Wim
Extent:
60 linear ft.
(150
boxes)
Repository:
Getty Research Institute
Special Collections and Visual Resources
Research Library
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA
90049-1688
Abstract: A comprehensive collection of ca. 48,000 photographic prints, transparencies, and negatives in black and white and color by
a
self-taught photographer and practicing architect who traveled widely, documenting the art, architecture, and landscape
of
ancient and disappearing cultures in the Middle East, Europe, Asia, Latin America, and the Western United States. Also
included are some letters with publishers, agents, colleagues, and friends, sales accounts, a manuscript, some research notes,
and a copy of his master's thesis.
Language: Collection material in English
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Wim Swaan photograph collection, 1951-1995, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Accession no. 96.P.21.
Acquisition Information
Gift of the Willem A. Swaan Estate, received 1996. One binder of images of Latin American sites received in 1999. One box
of images of Latin American sites received in 2000.
Processing History
Collection received in 1996 was processed by Lynda Bunting in 1998. Two boxes of material received in 1999 and 2000 have been
added to the collection (Series II, boxes 149, 150) but are unprocessed at this date.
Separated Material
Swaan, Wim.
Lost cities of Asia: Ceylon, Burma, Cambodia. London:
Elek, 1966.
Hambly, Gavin.
Cities of Mughul India: Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri.
London: Elek, 1968.
Swaan, Wim.
The late middle ages. London: Elek, 1977 (2
copies).
Anderson, William.
Castles of Europe: from Charlemagne to the
Renaissance
. London: Elek, 1970.
Pollitt, J.J.
Art in the Hellenistic age. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 1986.
Brooke, Christopher and Roger Highfield.
Oxford & Cambridge. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 1988.
Tucci, Giuseppe.
Tibet. London: Elek, 1967.
Nims, C.F.
Thebes of the Pharaohs. London: Elek, 1965.
Biographical/Historical Note
1927: Born Willem Albertus Swaan September 6 in South
Africa.
1950: Bachelor of Architecture, University of the Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg.
1950-1951: Travelled in Europe and worked for Maxwell
Fry and Jane Drew in London on the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
1952-1960: Returned to South Africa. Worked for Andrews
and Niegeman in Cape Town. Moved to H. H. Le Roith and Partners, Johannesburg,
first as an employee, later as partner in charge of design. Projects: apartment
buildings, schools, industrial and commercial buildings.
1958: Master of Architecture, University of the Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg. Thesis: "Low-cost housing: a survey of economic and sub-economic
housing for the lower-income groups with special reference to housing European
families with children in South Africa," written while Swaan worked as a
full-time architect for Le Roith and Partners. Later attended the Yale School
of Organization and Management and the Harvard University Graduate School of
Design.
1959-1960: Studied Zen Buddhism and researched Japanese
architecture and landscape design at Chotokuin Zen Temple, Kyoto.
1960: Emigrated to London.
1963: Moved to the United States.
1963-1966: Joined Perkins and Will Architects, New
York.
1966: Became a United States citizen.
1966-1968: Sabbatical in Europe.
1971-1972: Eighteen month tour of Europe.
1972-1981: Partner at Perkins and Will.
1975-1981: Vice President at Perkins and
Will.
1981: Director of Health Facilities Planning in Hellmuth, Obata and
Kassabaum's New York office. Oversaw the new Veterans Administration Hospital,
Manhattan, addition, and other large health facilities located throughout the
United States.
1990: Received a special citation from the American Institute of
Architects for distinguished achievement as a historian and photographer of the
art and architecture created by diverse cultures throughout the world.
1994: Retired as Director of Design at Architecture for Health,
Science and Commerce, Tarrytown, NY.
1995: Died October 1 of pulmonary fibrosis.
Scope and Content of Collection
A comprehensive collection of photographs, ca. 34,453 black and white negatives, contact
prints and enlargements and ca. 13,453 color transparencies and prints, by a
self-taught photographer and practicing architect who traveled widely and
published many large-format books devoted to the art and architecture of
ancient and disappearing cultures. Included are some letters with publishers, agents, colleagues and friends, sales statements,
his notes, a manuscript, and a copy of his master's thesis.
Most images, taken in situ between 1951-1995,
reflect Swaan's interest in facades, architectural details and decoration.
Strong pictorial subjects include Gothic, Medieval, Baroque and Renaissance
Europe, Islamic Spain and Morocco, Turkey, Egypt and Iran, Ancient Egypt and Greece, Asia,
including India, Pakistan, Tibet, Nepal, Japan, Cambodia and Sri Lanka,
Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin America, and the landscape of the American
West.
Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Subjects
Acropolis (Athens, Greece)
Architecture—Pictorial works
Architecture—Asis
Architecture—Europe
Architecture—Latin America
Architecture—Middle East
Architecture, Baroque
ArchitectureByzantine—Istanbul
Architecture, Gothic—Europe
Architecture, Hellenistic
Architecture,Islamic
Architecture, Medieval
Architecture, Rococo
Art, Flemish
Art, Hellenistic
Art, Medieval
Castles—Europe
Cathedrals—Europe
Decoration and ornament, Architectural
Decoration and ornament, Islamic
Extinct cities—Mexico
Extinct cities—Asia, Southeastern
Hundred Years War, 1339-1453
Landscape photography—West (U.S.)
Mayas—Antiquities
Medici, House of
Monasteries—Europe
Places
Acropolis (Athens, Greece)
Asia—Antiquities
Copán Site (Honduras)
Europe—Pictorial works
Usfahan (Iran)
Istanbul (Turkey)—Antiquities
Japan—Social life and customs
Machu Picchu Site (Peru)
Mecca (Saudi Arabia)
Mogul Empire
Nepal—Antiquities
Persepolis (Iran)—Antiquities
San Agustín (Huila, Columbia)—Antiquities
South Africa—Pictorial works
Susa (Extinct city)—Antiquities
Thebes (Egypt : Extinct city)
Tibet (China)—Antiquities
Tikal Site (Guatamala)
Tiwanaku Site (Bolivia)
University of Cambridge—Pictorial works
University of Oxford—Pictorial works
Genres and Forms of Material
Black-and-white prints (photographs)
Color slides
Color transparencies
Contact prints
Diffusion transfer prints
Photographs, Original
Titles
Castles of Europe : from Charlemagne to the Renaissance
Medici : a great Florentine family
Isfahan, pearl of Persia
Monastic world
Oxford and Cambridge
Age of Plantagenet and Valois : the struggle for supremacy, 1328-1498
Flemish cities; their history and art : Bruges, Ghent, Antwerp, Brussels
Cities of Mughul India : Delhi, Agra and Fatehpur Sikri
Morocco : Marrakesh, Fez, Rabat
Thebes of the Pharaohs : pattern for every city
Constantinople from Byzantium to Istanbul
Moorish Spain : Cordoba, Seville, Granada
Gothic cathedral
Japanese lantern
Lost cities of Asia : Ceylon, Pagan, Angkor
Late Middle Ages : art and architecture from 1350 to the advent of the Renaissance
Tibet : land of snows
Baroque and Rococo architecture and decoration
Series I.
Book projects,
1963-1995
Physical Description:
ca. 42 lin. ft.
Scope and Content Note
Series I contains a nearly complete set of photographs for Swaan's entire book
production consisting of 18 publications, four killed projects and one under
consideration, arranged chronologically by publication date. Most projects contain black-and-white prints
with captions handwritten on the versos, arranged in plate order, rejected b/w
prints generally arranged geographically, duplicate b/w prints, b/w contact
prints, color prints with captions arranged in plate number order, rejected color
transparancies and slides, color duplicates, and b/w negatives. Seven projects
include Swaan's notes, and the files for book
Japanese lantern include the
manuscript draft.
Box 1, Folder 1
Mecca the blessed, Madinah the radiant,
1963
Scope and Content Note
Plates. Swaan was
not the principal photographer for this book. See also box 67.
Box 1, Folder 2-7
Moorish Spain,
1963
Scope and Content Note
Plates, other photographs including prints not used (Cordoba, Seville, Granada).
See also boxes 8, 67-68.
Box 2, Folder 1-5
Moorish Spain,
1963
Scope and Content Note
Prints not used (Granada and unidentified location), contact
prints.
Box 3
Moorish Spain,
1963
Scope and Content Note
Contact prints.
Box 4, Folder 1-5
Constantinople from Byzantium to Istanbul,
1965
Scope and Content Note
Plates, contact prints. See also box 68.
Box 4, Folder 6-7
Japanese lantern,
1965
Scope and Content Note
Plates, prints not used (see boxes 53-54 for mss. draft). See
also boxes 69-70.
Box 5, Folder 1-6
Japanese lantern,
1965
Scope and Content Note
Prints not used, contact prints (Japan, Philippines, South
Africa).
Box 6, Folder 1-6
Thebes of the Pharaohs,
1965
Scope and Content Note
Notebook, plates, prints not used. See also boxes 71-72.
Box 7, Folder 1-6
Thebes of the Pharaohs,
1965
Scope and Content Note
Prints not used and contact prints.
Box 8, Folder 1-6
Isfahan, pearl of Persia,
1966
Scope and Content Note
Plates, museum photos (includes Mecca and Madinah), prints not
used and duplicates, contact prints (Afghanistan, Persia, Middle East). See also box
73.
Box 9, Folder 1-7
Lost cities of Asia: Ceylon, Pagan, Angkor,
1966
Scope and Content Note
Notes and bibliography, plates, figures, prints not used
(Ceylon, Burma, Cambodia). See also boxes 73-74.
Box 10, Folder 1-6
Lost cities of Asia: Ceylon, Pagan, Angkor,
1966
Scope and Content Note
Prints not used (Cambodia, unidentified location), contact
prints.
Box 11, Folder 1-2
Age of Plantagenet and Valois,
1967
Scope and Content Note
Plates, prints not used. Swaan was not
the only photographer for this project. See also boxes 26, 74, 90.
Box 11, Folder 3-6
Morocco: Marrakesh, Fez, Rabat,
1967
Scope and Content Note
Plates, prints not used. See also boxes 75-76, 90.
Box 12, Folder 1-2
Morocco: Marrakesh, Fez, Rabat,
1967
Scope and Content Note
Contact prints.
Box 12, Folder 3-5
Tibet,
1967
Scope and Content Note
Plates, prints not used, contact prints. See also box 77.
Box 12, Folder 6-7
Cities of Mughul India: Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri,
1968
Scope and Content Note
Plates. See also boxes 77-78.
Box 13, Folder 1-6
Cities of Mughul India: Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri,
1968
Scope and Content Note
Prints not used (Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, other locations,
unidentified locations); includes many duplicates.
Box 14, Folder 1-2
Cities of Mughul India: Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri,
1968
Scope and Content Note
Prints from museums, contact prints.
Box 14, Folder 3-6
Flemish cities, their history and art,
1969
Scope and Content Note
Plates, prints not used, contact prints. Swaan is
credited as the primary photographer for this book, but it also contains many
images by others. See also box 79.
Box 15, Folder 1-6
Gothic cathedral,
1969
Scope and Content Note
Notes, excerpts, plates (1-200). See also boxes 79-85,
148**.
Box 16, Folder 1-6
Gothic cathedral,
1969
Scope and Content Note
Plates (201-388).
Box 17, Folder 1-6
Gothic cathedral,
1969
Scope and Content Note
Prints not used and plate duplicates: France, England, Germany and
Austria.
Box 18, Folder 1-5
Gothic cathedral,
1969
Scope and Content Note
Prints not used and plate duplicates (Spain, Italy, unidentified),
contact prints (France).
Box 19, Folder 1-5
Gothic cathedral,
1969
Scope and Content Note
Contact prints: France, England, and Germany, Spain, Italy.
Box 20, Folder 1-3
Gothic cathedral,
1969
Scope and Content Note
Contact prints: Germany, Spain, Italy.
Box 20, Folder 4-5
Medici: a great Florentine family,
1969
Scope and Content Note
Plates. See also boxes 85-86.
Box 148**
Gothic cathedral,
1969
Scope and Content Note
Oversize prints, including one of India.
Box 21, Folder 1-4
Medici: a great Florentine family,
1969
Scope and Content Note
Prints not used and plate duplicates.
Box 22, Folder 1-4
Medici: a great Florentine family,
1969
Scope and Content Note
Prints not used and plate duplicates, contact prints
Box 22, Folder 5
Castles of Europe: from Charlemagne to the Renaissance,
1970
Scope and Content Note
Plates 1-134. See also boxes 87-90.
Box 23, Folder 1-4
Castles of Europe: from Charlemagne to the Renaissance,
1970
Scope and Content Note
Plates 139-377, and prints not used (France).
Box 24, Folder 1-5
Castles of Europe: from Charlemagne to the Renaissance,
1970
Scope and Content Note
Prints not used (France, Belgium, Holland, Britain, Spain).
Box 25, Folder 1-6
Castles of Europe: from Charlemagne to the Renaissance,
1970
Scope and Content Note
Prints not used (Germany, Austria, Switzerland; Portugal and
Czechoslovakia; Italy and Turkey), print duplicates (plates and prints not
used).
Box 26, Folder 1-5
Castles of Europe: from Charlemagne to the Renaissance,
1970
Scope and Content Note
Contact prints (includes Plantagenet).
Box 27, Folder 1-5
Monastic world,
1974
Scope and Content Note
Plates 1-172 (some prints not used are interfiled). See also
boxes 91, 93-94.
Box 28, Folder 1-5
Monastic world,
1974
Scope and Content Note
Plates 173-325 (some prints not used are interfiled).
Box 29, Folder 1-5
Monastic world,
1974
Scope and Content Note
Plates 330-394 (some prints not used are interfiled), duplicates of plates and prints not used.
Box 30, Folder 1-6
Monastic world,
1974
Scope and Content Note
Plate duplicates and prints not used, contact prints.
Box 31, Folder 1
Monastic world,
1974
Scope and Content Note
Contact prints.
Box 31, Folder 2-6
Late Middle Ages,
1977
Scope and Content Note
Plates and color transparencies are missing from this project;
see Moira Johnston files in Series III for letter dated 20 October 1982 which
notes their loss. Prints not used (England, France). See also boxes 91-94.
Box 32, Folder 1-6
Late Middle Ages,
1977
Scope and Content Note
Prints not used: Germany and Austria, Spain, Portugal; also Italy, a country which does not appear in the book.
Box 33, Folder 1-8
Late Middle Ages,
1977
Scope and Content Note
Prints not used and plate duplicates (England, France, Netherlands,
Germany and Austria, Spain, Portugal, unidentified location).
Box 34, Folder 1-6
Late Middle Ages,
1977
Scope and Content Note
Contact prints.
Box 35, Folder 1-2
Late Middle Ages,
1977
Scope and Content Note
Contact prints.
Box 35, Folder 3-5
Baroque & Rococo architecture and decoration,
1978
Scope and Content Note
Plates 1-238. See also boxes 93-97.
Box 36, Folder 1-5
Baroque & Rococo architecture and decoration,
1978
Scope and Content Note
Plates 239-416, prints not used (Italy).
Box 37, Folder 1-6
Baroque & Rococo architecture and decoration,
1978
Scope and Content Note
Prints not used (France, England, Central and Eastern Europe,
Iberian Peninsula), and duplicates (Italy).
Box 38, Folder 1-9
Baroque & Rococo architecture and decoration,
1978
Scope and Content Note
Duplicates (Italy, France, England, Central and Eastern Europe,
Iberian Peninsula, unidentified location), contact prints.
Box 39, Folder 1-2
Baroque & Rococo architecture and decoration,
1978
Scope and Content Note
Contact prints.
Box 39, Folder 3-5
Lost civilizations of America,
ca. 1978-1981
Scope and Content Note
Research (notes and photocopies of articles), prints, contact
prints (Honduras). Killed
project: Elek, Swaan's major publisher, sold to Granada Publishing in 1979.
Swaan publishes only one other book after this point. See also boxes 98-99, and boxes 149-150.
Box 39, Folder 6-9
Spanish colonial Baroque in America,
ca. 1978-1981
Scope and Content Note
Research, includes notes and photocopies of articles. Killed project. See also
boxes 100-105.
Box 40, Folder 1-7
Spanish colonial Baroque in America,
ca.
1978-1981
Scope and Content Note
Research, includes notes and photocopies of articles), photo
lists, prints.
Box 41, Folder 1-5
Spanish colonial Baroque in America,
ca.
1978-1981
Scope and Content Note
Prints, duplicates, and rejects.
Box 42, Folder 1-6
Spanish colonial Baroque in America,
ca.
1977-1981
Scope and Content Note
Contact prints: Mexico, 1977, Mexico and Guatemala, 1978,
Mexico, 1981.
Box 43, Folder 1-6
Spanish colonial Baroque in America,
ca.
1978-1981
Scope and Content Note
Contact prints, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru.
Box 44, Folder 1-3
Spanish colonial Baroque in America,
ca.
1978-1981
Scope and Content Note
Contact prints, Peru, Bolivia, Honduras.
Box 44, Folder 4-7
Hellenistic art and architecture,
ca. 1978
Scope and Content Note
Notes, prints. Killed project. See also box 106.
Box 45, Folder 1-4
Hellenistic art and architecture,
ca. 1978
Scope and Content Note
Prints, duplicates.
Box 46, Folder 1-3
Hellenistic art and architecture,
ca. 1978
Scope and Content Note
Contact prints.
Box 46, Folder 4-7
Persepolis and Susa,
ca. 1970s
Scope and Content Note
Prints, artworks at the Louvre. Killed project. See also box 8 for contact
prints and box 106.
Box 47, Folder 1-6
Oxford and Cambridge,
1988
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, research (notes and photocopies of articles).
Box 48, Folder 1-5
Oxford and Cambridge,
1988
Scope and Content Note
Duplicates, contact prints (Oxford). [Repository does not have plate
prints for this project.] See also boxes 107-108.
Box 49, Folder 1-4
Oxford and Cambridge,
1988
Scope and Content Note
Contact prints (Cambridge), duplicate contact prints.
Box 49, Folder 5-6
Art and architecture of Nepal,
ca. 1995
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence. This project was in process at the time of Swaan's death. See also boxes 109-111.
Box 50, Folder 1-4
Art and architecture of Nepal, ca. 1995
Scope and Content Note
Prints not used and duplicates. [Repository does not have plate prints
for this project.]
Box 51, Folder 1-6
Art and architecture of Nepal, ca. 1995
Scope and Content Note
Prints not used and duplicates, contact prints (Kathmandu,
Patan).
Box 52, Folder 1-4
Art and architecture of Nepal, ca. 1995
Scope and Content Note
Contact prints (Bhaktapur, miscellaneous locations), unmounted contact
prints.
Box 53-54
Japanese lantern,
1965
Scope and Content Note
Manuscript draft with many ink drawings.
Box 55
Book jackets
Scope and Content Note
Many clipped.
Box 67
Mecca the blessed, Madinah the radiant,
1963
Scope and Content Note
Color plates.
Box 67
Moorish Spain,
1963
Scope and Content Note
Color plates and color not used (many duplicates), b/w negatives.
Box 68
Moorish Spain,
1963
Scope and Content Note
Black and white negatives.
Box 68
Constantinople from Byzantium to Istanbul,
1965
Scope and Content Note
Color plates, color duplicates.
Box 69-70
Japanese lantern,
1965
Scope and Content Note
Color slides.
Box 71
Thebes of the Pharaohs,
1965
Scope and Content Note
Color plates, color slides, color not used.
Box 72
Thebes of the Pharaohs,
1965
Scope and Content Note
Black and white negatives.
Box 73
Isfahan, pearl of Persia,
1966
Scope and Content Note
Color plates, color transp. and b/w negatives of museum photos
(includes Mecca and Arab painting), other b/w negatives.
Box 73
Lost cities of Asia: Ceylon, Pagan, Angkor,
1966
Scope and Content Note
Color plates, color duplicates, color slides.
Box 74
Lost cities of Asia: Ceylon, Pagan, Angkor,
1966
Scope and Content Note
Color slides, b/w negatives.
Box 74
Age of Plantagenet and Valois,
1967
Scope and Content Note
Color plates.
Box 75
Morocco: Marrakesh, Fez, Rabat,
1967
Scope and Content Note
Color plates, color not used and duplicates, some color slides.
Box 76
Morocco: Marrakesh, Fez, Rabat,
1967
Scope and Content Note
Black and white negatives, some b/w polariods.
Box 77
Tibet,
1967
Scope and Content Note
Color plates, color slides, color duplicates, b/w negatives.
Box 77
Cities of Mughul India: Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri,
1968
Scope and Content Note
Color plates, color duplicates
Box 78
Cities of Mughul India: Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri,
1968
Scope and Content Note
Color slides, b/w negatives.
Box 79
Flemish cities, their history and art,
1969
Scope and Content Note
Color plates, color not used and duplicates, b/w negatives.
Box 79
Gothic cathedral,
1969
Scope and Content Note
Color plates, color not used.
Box 80
Gothic cathedral,
1969
Scope and Content Note
Color duplicates.
Box 81-84
Gothic cathedral,
1969
Scope and Content Note
Black and white negatives. Those in box 81 were processed in Rome and include
some negatives for
Medici book.
Box 85
Gothic cathedral,
1969
Scope and Content Note
Black and white negatives, includes some for Flemish cities.
Box 85
Medici: a great Florentine family,
1969
Scope and Content Note
Color plates, color not used and duplicates, b/w negatives. See also box
84.
Box 86
Medici: a great Florentine family,
1969
Scope and Content Note
Black and white negatives.
Box 87
Castles of Europe: from Charlemagne to the Renaissance,
1970
Scope and Content Note
Color plates, color not used.
Box 88-89
Castles of Europe: from Charlemagne to the Renaissance,
1970
Scope and Content Note
Black and white negatives.
Box 90
Castles of Europe: from Charlemagne to the Renaissance,
1970
Scope and Content Note
Black and white negatives (includes some
Morroco and Plantagenet).
Box 91
Monastic world,
1974
Scope and Content Note
Color not used [color plates lost by Granada Publishing, see
Moira Johnston files in Series III for letter dated 20 October 1982], b/w negatives
(includes
Late Middle Ages).
Box 92
Late Middle Ages,
1977
Scope and Content Note
Color not used.
Box 93-94
Monastic world,
Late Middle Ages, and
Baroque and
Rococo
,
1974,
1977-1978
Scope and Content Note
Black and white negatives for all three books.
Box 95
Baroque & Rococo architecture and decoration,
1978
Scope and Content Note
Color plates, color not used and duplicates.
Box 96-97
Baroque & Rococo architecture and decoration,
1978
Scope and Content Note
Black and white negatives.
Box 98
Lost civilizations of America,
ca. 1978-1981
Scope and Content Note
Color transparencies and slides (Mexico, Guatemala, Peru,
Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia). See also box 39, and boxes 149-150.
Box 99
Lost civilizations of America, ca. 1978-1981
Scope and Content Note
Color transparencies and slides (Honduras, USA) and b/w contact
prints (USA only). See also box 39, and boxes 149-150.
Box 100
Spanish colonial Baroque in America, ca. 1978-1981
Scope and Content Note
Color transparencies and some slides (Mexico).
Box 101
Spanish colonial Baroque in America, ca. 1978-1981
Scope and Content Note
Color transparencies and b/w contact prints (Peru, Bolivia,
Guatemala, Ecuador, Colombia, Honduras).
Box 102
Spanish colonial Baroque in America, ca. 1978-1981
Scope and Content Note
Color transparencies and slides, and b/w contact prints
(USA).
Box 103
Spanish colonial Baroque in America, ca. 1978-1981
Scope and Content Note
Color rejects and duplicates (Guatemala, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador,
Colombia, Honduras.
Box 104
Spanish colonial Baroque in America, ca. 1978-1981
Scope and Content Note
Black and white negatives (Mexico, Guatemala).
Box 105
Spanish colonial Baroque in America, ca. 1978-1981
Scope and Content Note
Black and white negatives (Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Honduras).
Box 106
Hellenistic art and architecture,
ca. 1978
Scope and Content Note
Color, b/w negatives (some pulled from
Baroque and Rococo).
Box 106
Persepolis and Susa,
ca. 1970s
Scope and Content Note
Color transparencies and some slides, and b/w negatives.
Box 107
Oxford and Cambridge,
1988
Scope and Content Note
Color not used and duplicates, b/w negatives (color plates are missing
from this project).
Box 108
Oxford and Cambridge,
1988
Scope and Content Note
Black and white negatives.
Box 109
Art and architecture of Nepal,
ca. 1995
Scope and Content Note
Color slides and transparencies.
Box 110
Art and architecture of Nepal,
ca. 1995
Scope and Content Note
Color rejects and duplicates, and b/w negatives (includes negatives for India
and Pakistan, 1988).
Box 111
Art and architecture of Nepal,
ca. 1995
Scope and Content Note
Black and white negatives (includes negatives for India and Pakistan, 1988).
Series II.
Other photographs,
1951-1995
Physical Description:
14.5 lin. ft.
Scope and Content Note
Series II contains photographs of geographical
regions not published by Swaan in book format, arranged by campaign in rough
chronological order, 1951-1995 (bulk 1988-1995). Coverage is extensive for Islamic Turkey and Egypt, ancient Egypt, India,
Pakistan, and the landscape of the American West, and stained glass. Also included are
experimental prints, and images of South Africa, the age of Elizabeth of
Russia, and Petra and Jerash. Some images of sites in Turkey, Egypt and India duplicate
those in Series I, which Swaan shot approximately twenty five years earlier.
Most images are represented only in color transparencies and slides, and do not
exist in printed form. A number of images were held at photo stockhouses for
commercial sale.
Box 56-58
Experimental prints,
n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Prints made by Swaan as he was experimenting with
techniques. The versos of many prints contain Swaan's annotations. See also box
112.
Box 59, Folder 1
Experiments,
n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Includes notes.
Box 59, Folder 2
Europe,
1951-1952
Scope and Content Note
Contact prints.
Box 59, Folder 3
South Africa,
ca. late 1950s
Scope and Content Note
Contact prints. See also box 113.
Box 59, Folder 4-5
Greece (Acropolis),
ca. early 1960s
Scope and Content Note
Prints, contact prints ("negatives with Gordon Bishop").
Box 59, Folder 6
New York, and Wyndover Woods,
ca. 1964
Scope and Content Note
Prints and test polaroids. See also box 142.
Box 59, Folder 7
Portugal,
ca. 1960s
Scope and Content Note
Contact prints.
Box 59, Folder 8
Elizabeth of Russia and Semana Santa,
n.d.,
ca. early
1970s?
Scope and Content Note
Prints and contact prints. See also box 114.
Box 59, Folder 9
China (Hong Kong),
n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Prints. See also box 114.
Box 59, Folder 10
Petra and Jerash,
1982
Scope and Content Note
Prints and contact prints. See also box 114.
Box 60, Folder 1-3
India,
1988
Scope and Content Note
Contact prints, and prints of Khajuraho. See also boxes 111,
118-122.
Box 60, Folder 4
Pakistan,
1988
Scope and Content Note
Contact prints. See also boxes 111, 117, 122.
Box 60, Folder 5
Egypt, Yemen, Damascus,
1990
Scope and Content Note
Prints. See also boxes 123-130.
Box 60, Folder 6
Egypt,
1990
Scope and Content Note
Duplicate contact prints.
Box 60, Folder 7-8
Turkey,
1992
Scope and Content Note
Prints. See also boxes 131-139.
Box 61, Folder 1-2
Turkey,
1992
Scope and Content Note
Contact prints.
Box 61, Folder 3-4
Uncontracted and non-book prints,
n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Mix of all styles and periods.
Box 61, Folder 5-7
Contact prints not for Elek,
1968-1969,
1971-1972
Scope and Content Note
Mix of all styles and periods.
Box 112
Experiments and Swaan's apartment,
n.d.,
1964
Scope and Content Note
The experimental shots, many of which have notes concerning
light meter and filter, were taken in and around Swaan's apartment; the
apartment photographs document Swaan's first NY apartment in 1964.
Box 113
South Africa,
n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Color slides and b/w negatives by Swaan of early paintings and architecture, and photographs of people types, landscape views,
buildings, and
animals from various regions.
Box 114
Personal photos (various regions),
1982,
n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Elizabeth of Russia,
n.d.; Petra and Jerash, 1982; miscellaneous (Hong Kong, Normandy/Brittany, Philippines,
Japanese designs), n.d. Color slides and transparencies, and b/w negatives.
Box 115-116
Stained glass,
1986
Scope and Content Note
Color transparencies and slides.
Box 117
Pakistan,
1988
Scope and Content Note
Black and white contact prints, color transparencies and slides.
Box 118
India,
1988
Scope and Content Note
Black and white contact prints, color transparencies and slides of Agra,
Sikandra, Fatehpur Sikri, Baria, Ajmer.
Box 119
India,
1988
Scope and Content Note
Black and white contact prints, color slides and some transparencies of
Jaipur, Pushkar, Ajmer, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Ranakpur, Udaipur, Mt. Abu.
Box 120
India,
1988
Scope and Content Note
Black and white contact prints, color transparencies and slides of
Khajuraho.
Box 121
India,
1988
Scope and Content Note
Blank and white contact prints, color transparencies and slides of
Delhi.
Box 122
India and Pakistan,
1988
Scope and Content Note
Color rejects and duplicates.
Box 123
Yemen,
1990
Scope and Content Note
Color slides and some transparencies, and b/w contact
prints.
Box 124-126
Ancient Egypt,
1990
Scope and Content Note
Color slides and some transparencies, and b/w contact
prints.
Box 126
Ancient Egypt,
1990
Scope and Content Note
Color duplicates.
Box 127
Islamic Egypt,
1990
Scope and Content Note
Color transparencies and slides, and b/w contact prints.
Box 128-129
Islamic Egypt,
1990
Scope and Content Note
Mostly color slides, includes rejects and duplicates returned from
FPG [Freelance Photographers Guild].
Box 130
Yemen and Egypt,
1990
Scope and Content Note
Black and white negatives.
Box 131
Turkey,
1992
Scope and Content Note
Black and white contact prints, color slides and transparencies of West
cities, A-E.
Box 132
Turkey,
1992
Scope and Content Note
Black and white contact prints, color slides and transparencies of West
cities, Istanbul.
Box 133
Turkey,
1992
Scope and Content Note
Black and white contact prints, color slides and transparencies of West
cities, Istanbul-Z.
Box 134
Turkey,
1992
Scope and Content Note
Black and white contact prints, color slides and transparencies of East
cities, A-D.
Box 135
Turkey,
1992
Scope and Content Note
Black and white contact prints, color slides and transparencies of East
cities, E-Z.
Box 136-137
Turkey,
1992
Scope and Content Note
Color rejects and duplicates (mostly slides).
Box 138-139
Turkey,
1992,
1962
Scope and Content Note
Black and white negatives (includes some from 1962).
Box 140
Rome,
1994-1995
Scope and Content Note
Color slides. Swaan's last photo expedition.
Box 141
England,
1994; Tuscany and Rome,
1994-1995
Scope and Content Note
Color slides and a few b/w negatives and contact prints. Tuscany and Rome images from Swaan's last photo expedition.
Box 142
American landscape,
1964,
1975-1977,
1980,
1995
Scope and Content Note
Mostly color slides and transparencies of New York, 1964 (b/w
negatives only); Bermuda, Florida, ships, Puerto Rico, 1975-1976; New Orleans
plantation houses, 1977; New Mexico and Arizona, 1980 and 1995.
Box 143
American landscape,
1982-1985
Scope and Content Note
Mostly color slides and transparencies of Yellowstone and the
Tetons, 1982; Oregon and Colorado, 1983-1985 (includes some b/w contact prints of
Colorado).
Box 144
American landscape,
1984
Scope and Content Note
Mostly color slides and transparencies of the Grand Canyon,
1984; Alaska, Vancouver, Puget Sound, 1984; Death Valley and the South
(Savannah, Charleston, etc.), 1984.
Box 145
American landscape,
1977-1993
Scope and Content Note
Color slides and transparencies, and b/w contact prints and
negatives of New York, 1977-1993; and Colorado and California, 1982.
Box 146
American landscape,
1987-1988
Scope and Content Note
Color slides and transparencies of California.
Box 147
American landscape,
1988-1989,
1991,
1994
Scope and Content Note
Includes color slides and transparencies and b/w contact prints
and negatives of New York, Washington, Philadelphia, Univ. of Virginia, Monticello,
Station St. Louis, Amish Country, 1988-1989; Southwest tour, 1991; Quebec City,
1994.
Box 149
Latin American sites,
ca. 1970s-1980s
Scope and Content Note
Color slides, transparencies, some black and white photographic prints of sites, including Mayan ruins, in Mexico, Honduras,
Columbia, Bolivia, Guatamala, Peru (Machu Picchu and other sites). For a project that was never finished, probably
Lost civilizations of America. See also boxes 39, 98-99.
Repository received this box in 1999, and it is unprocessed.
Box 150
Latin American sites,
ca. 1970s-1980s
Scope and Content Note
Color slides and transparencies of sites, including Mayan ruins, in Mexico, Honduras, Columbia, Bolivia, Guatamala, Peru (Machu
Picchu and other sites). Also images of the Gold Sun Burst in the archaeological museum in Quito, Equador. For a project that
was never finished, probably
Lost civilizations of America. See also boxes 39, 98-99.
Repository received this box in 2000, and it is unprocessed.
Series III.
Papers,
1958-1995
Physical Description:
3 lin. ft.
Scope and Content Note
Series III comprises correspondence, invoices, and permission requests for sales
and book projects. The letters between
Swaan (photocopies) and his London agent are interspersed with personal
information. Also included are authorizations from governments and cultural
institutions for Swaan to photograph locations abroad, some notes and the
original copy of his two volume thesis.
Box 62, Folder 1-3
Camera Press Ltd. (represented Swaan's production that was not
handled by Elek),
1966-1995
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence and sales statements.
Box 62, Folder 4-7
Moira Johnston (Swaan's London agent from 1981-1995 for
photos in Elek books),
1977-1994
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, mostly business but some personal, contracts, sales
statements.
Box 63, Folder 1-2
FPG (Freelance Photographers Guild)
International,
1984-1995
Scope and Content Note
Lists of submitted photos, sales statements and correspondence.
Box 63, Folder 3
Les Editions Réalités,
1970
Scope and Content Note
Mostly correspondence.
Box 63, Folder 4
Cornell University Press/Harper & Row,
1977-1981
Scope and Content Note
Book sales to Swaan.
Box 63, Folder 5-7
Miscellaneous inquiries,
1968-1991
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence concerning reproductions and permission to publish.
Box 64, Folder 1-3
Miscellaneous inquiries,
1991-1995
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence concerning reproductions and permission to publish.
Box 64, Folder 4
Income from photography,
1987
Box 64, Folder 6
Authorizations (used)
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence that gives Swaan permission to photograph various
sites.
Box 64, Folder 7
"The Armor of Light,"
1984-1985
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence with Meredith Lillich about a proposed book on stained
glass (see boxes 115-116 for color images).
Box 64, Folder 8
Japanese letters,
n.d.
Scope and Content Note
From friends.
Box 64, Folder 9
Latent image (periodical),
1991-1992
Scope and Content Note
Notes.
Box 64, Folder 11
Notes,
n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Translations of French phrases.
Box 65-66
"Low-cost housing: a survey of economic and sub-economic
housing for the lower-income groups with special reference to housing European
families with children in South Africa,"
1958
Scope and Content Note
Swaan's master thesis submitted to the University of
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, October 1958; 2 vols.
