Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
 

Series III: Project Photographs

Photographs by Maynard Parker   Photographs by L. Morgan Yost


Photographs by Minor White

Biographical/Historical Note

Minor White (1908-1976) was an influential American photographer, writer and editor. He was a co-founder and the first editor of Aperture magazine. He taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from the mid 1960s to 1974. White's photographs are included in numerous collections, including New York's Museum of Modern Art, the George Eastman House in Rochester, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The photographer's personal archive was bequeathed to the Princeton University Art Museum upon his death in 1976.

Box:2 Folder:21
White, Minor
[William R. Thorsen house, Berkeley, Calif.] / [Minor White, photographer ; Greene & Greene, architects] [1947-ca. 1948] 3 photographic prints gelatin silver, b&w 18 x 25 cm. (7 x 9 7/8 in.) or smaller

Index Terms
Subjects: 1. Houses. 2. William R. Thorsen house (Berkeley, Calif.) Geographic Names: 1. Berkeley (Calif.) Genre/Media: 1. Photographic prints. Associated Names 1. Thorsen, William R.

LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS

1. NYDA.1987.003.00495. [Front elevation] Pencil inscription on verso: Minor White, photographer, San Francisco.

2. NYDA.1987.003.00496. [Entry hall stairway, 1947] Date and photographer from Jean Murray Bangs' photo annotation.

3. NYDA.1987.003.00497. [Living room, ca. 1948] Date and photographer from Jean Murray Bangs' photo annotation.


Photographs by Maynard Parker   Photographs by L. Morgan Yost