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Palm Press/ Gus Kayafas collection

 Collection
Identifier: AG 231

  • Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Palm Press/Gus Kayafas Collection contains a portrait of Abraham Lincoln and a photogravure plate of an Aaron Siskind photograph.

Dates

  • undated

Creator

Language of Materials

Material in English

Conditions Governing Access

To access materials from this collection, please contact CCP-RefDesk@email.arizona.edu

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission from the copyright owner (which could be the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates or literary executors) prior to any copyright-protected uses of the collection.

The user agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents, the University of Arizona, Center of Creative Photography, including its officers, employees, and agents, from and against all claims made relating to copyright or other intellectual property infringement

Historical Note

Palm Press, Inc. was established in 1980 by Gus Kayafas to publish teaching slides from original photographs. The company later printed for photographers Kayafas admired and eventually printed for other photographers as a business.

Gus Kayafas received his MFA in Photography in 1973 from Rhode Island School of Design where he studied with Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind. Following graduation he started the photography program at Massachusetts College of Art. He currently runs Gallery Kayafas in Boston.

Extent

.25 Linear Foot

Metadata Rights Declarations

  • License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Creative Commons license.

Abstract

Contains photographic materials related to Palm Press, Inc.

Arrangement

The Collection is arranged into the following series:

  1. Series 1:

Custodial History

The collection was a gift of Arlette and Gus Kayafas in 2009.

Processing Information

Finding aid updated by Meghan Jordan in June 2016.

Title
Palm Press/Gus Kayafas Collection, n.d.
Author
Finding aid created by CCP Archives Staff
Date
© 2019
Description rules
Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard)
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid encoded in English

Repository Details

Part of the Center for Creative Photography Archives Repository

Contact:
1030 N. Olive RD
Tucson Arizona 85721 United States