• John R. Gossage (photographer)

Portfolio of photographs comprising one portrait and views of architecture and landscapes in or near hazardous waste sites in Staten Island and Syracuse, New York State

1984

Gelatin silver prints

portfolio (closed): 38 x 30.3 x 3.3 cm comps. (range): 9.2 to 15.2 x 7.4 to 15.5 cm secondary supports: 35.4 x 28 cm

PH2001:0261:001-019

• partial view
• exterior views
• interior view
• oblique view

- Portfolio comprises 19 gelatin silver prints on 19 unbound yellowish white wove paper pages stored in a wooden box with a glass cover and a sliding plywood bottom panel. Accompanying the box are two imprinted texts, one titled "HEY FUCKFACE" on one yellowish white page and the other titled "From OBSCENITY IN THY MOTHERS MILK" in a 12-page pamphlet. The bottom panel of the box is imprinted in black ink with the artist's name, the title, a description of the portfolio's contents and the box, and publication details.

inscribed - see object for complete inscription

New York; United States;

• architecture

© John R. Gossage

Contains:

• PH2001:0261:001, View of a bungalow, New York State, 1984
• PH2001:0261:002, View of a service station showing garages and a dog, New York State, 1984
• PH2001:0261:003, View of stairs, a paved walkway, buildings and a smokestack, New York State, 1984
• PH2001:0261:004, Partial view of a commercial building showing a window, a column and a gateway, New York State, 1984
• PH2001:0261:005, View of tree branches and leaves, New York State, 1984
• PH2001:0261:006, Oblique view of a store called "Nellie's Knook" showing a door with stickers and glass brick, New York State, 1984
• PH2001:0261:007, View of a utility pole showing roads, an automobile and a house in the background, New York State, 1984
• PH2001:0261:008, View of a wooden door [?] with a sawn opening, a brick wall and a rope, New York State, 1984
• PH2001:0261:009, View of the façade of a derelict [?] building in shadow, painted signs, a smokestack and an automobile, New York State, 1984
• PH2001:0261:010, View of two houses, a garage, a driveway, front yards and a cardboard box, New York State, 1984
• PH2001:0261:011, View of a broken sidewalk, trees, vegetation and a house, New York State, 1984
• PH2001:0261:012, View of a creek, trees and vegetation, New York State, 1984
• PH2001:0261:013, View of a painted advertising sign on a wall, New York State, 1984
• PH2001:0261:014, Group portrait of boys in the street, New York State, 1984
• PH2001:0261:015, View of a street, houses, utility poles and power lines, New York State, 1984
• PH2001:0261:016, View of a vacant lot showing mud, vegetation and rubbish with the R. E. Dietz Company building in the background, Syracuse, New York, 1984
• PH2001:0261:017, View of vegetation, leaves and utility poles, New York State, 1984
• PH2001:0261:018, View of a building and a smokestack in shadow, utility poles and a sidewalk, New York State, 1984
• PH2001:0261:019, View of houses in shadow, signs and a tree, Salina Street, Syracuse, New York, 1984