Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Hsiang, Bob
- Abstract:
- Bob Hsiang is a Chinese-American photographer who is primarily active in the San Francisco Bay Area. Hsiang has over 30 years of experience in still photography, including work in the fields of special events, product photography, fine art reproduction, and studio portraiture. His career has spanned the areas of photojournalism, lifestyle, and editorial pieces. In this collection, Hsiang has captured 29 still photographs of various plays produced by the Asian American Theater Company from the late 60's to the late 70's.
- Extent:
- 1.67 linear feet (1 oversize flat box)
- Language:
- and The collection is in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Bob Hsiang papers, CEMA 108. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Bob Hsiang is a Chinese-American photographer who is primarily active in the San Francisco Bay Area. Hsiang has over 30 years of experience in still photography, including work in the fields of special events, product photography, fine art reproduction, and studio portraiture. His career has spanned the areas of photojournalism, lifestyle, and editorial pieces. In this collection, Hsiang has captured 29 still photographs of various plays produced by the Asian American Theater Company from the late 60's to the late 70's.
- Biographical / historical:
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Bob Hsiang is a second generation Chinese-American photojournalist originating from New York City. Hsiang's career as a photojournalist began in the 1960's when he attended the University at Buffalo in New York, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. As a self-educated photographer, Hsiang became editor of the university newspaper and covered events relevant to the political protests of that time.
In 1974, Hsiang moved to San Francisco and began photographing for cultural and art organizations such as the Kearny Street Workshop and Asian American Theater Company, where he covered topics relating to Asian American awareness and the International Hotel struggle for low-income housing.
Hsiang continues to work as a freelance photographer in the San Francisco Bay Area, photographing for corporate, non-profit and art communities at studio locations and on location venues. As stated on his blog, his specialties are “working conventions or celebrations, theatrical and performance, head shots and portraiture, internet commerce products/artwork museum reproduction.”
Hsiang has over 30 years of experience in still photography, including work in the fields of special events, product photography, fine art reproduction, and studio portraiture. His career has spanned the areas of photojournalism, lifestyle, editorial and products and has been featured in numerous publications.
- Acquisition information:
- Donated by Bob Hsiang on February 15, 2006.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Mari Khasmanyan and Husna Sayedi, 2016.
- Physical location:
- Vault 1
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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This collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Bob Hsiang papers, CEMA 108. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062