Series LA.SC052.S20 - Photo cabinet

9.7m graphic material and other material
Ca. 8600 photographs

Series consists of the contents of the artist's photo cabinet, which contained chiefly photographic material from throughout his life and career, as well as some related documents and objects. Includes photographs relating to Snow’s music projects, publications, exhibitions, artworks, and film works. Other records include a promotional hat for The Audience, elevation drawings for proposed commission projects, a dummy copy of Snow’s Cover to Cover, and two steel embossers, relating to Snow’s art company shared with Joyce Wieland and Snow’s series, Still Living, 1982.

Arrangement within this series is based on an inventory of the graphic material in the artist's photo cabinet completed in 2017 by Ariel Bader-Shamai as part of a cataloguing project for the Film and Photographic Preservation and Collections Management program at the Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University). This arrangement followed the original physical order of materials in Snow’s cabinet. Portions of the 2017 inventory have been maintained as part of the description, with added description from the archivist where needed to capture additional context and detail. The original inventory is available upon request for consultation.

Photographs have been rehoused into archival sleeves and envelopes for preservation purposes. Some items in this series require delicate handling and may require the attention of a conservator where noted at the file-level.