An Inventory of the Portfolio in the Photography Collection at the Harry
Ransom Center
Creator:
Tice, George A., 1938-
Title:
Bodie: Twelve Original Photographs
Dates:
1965, 1971
Extent:
1 portfolio, 12 gelatin silver prints
Abstract:
Limited edition, published portfolio,
entitled Bodie: Twelve Original Photographs (New
York: Witkin-Berley, 1971), containing 12 gelatin silver prints by George A. Tice
(American, born 1938).
Call Number:
Photography Collection
PH-02704
Language:
English
Access:
Open for research. Please note: Transparencies may be accessed but require 24 hours
advance notice. Negatives cannot be accessed without curatorial approval. Light
sensitive materials must be viewed under low-level lighting. Some materials may
be
restricted from viewing. To make an appointment or to reserve photography materials,
please contact the Center's staff at photography@hrc.utexas.edu.
George A. Tice was born October 13, 1938, in Newark, New Jersey. He spent much of
his
childhood moving around the east coast with his mother, but he considered New
Jersey
his home. Tice's father enjoyed photography as a hobby, and his son picked it
up as
a teenager. Tice briefly studied commercial photography at the Newark Vocational
and
Technical High School, but he left in 1955 to join the U.S. Navy. Tice quickly
found
a place in the photography department where he worked taking publicity photographs
until 1959. His work with the Navy earned Tice recognition and led to a position
with Edward Steichen at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1960. Tice continued
to work with Steichen until Steichen's death in 1973.
Tice spent much of the 1960s raising his young family and working on his own
projects, in addition to working with Steichen. He began to experiment with
photographic essays tied to places and groups of people, notably several essays
on
the Amish in Pennsylvania. Tice prefers photograph books and porfolios as the
means
by which he publishes his work. In addition to his published work, Tice's
photographs are included in museums and private collections, and he has been the
subject of several one-person shows. He has been awarded fellowships from the
Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the the Arts, among others.
Sources:
Sánchez, Marisa C. "George Tice."Encyclopedia of
Twentieth Century Photography, Lynne Warren, ed. New York: Routledge,
2006. (accessed via https://www.ebscohost.com on 29 August 2017)
Scope and Contents
Limited edition, published portfolio, entitled Bodie: Twelve
Original Photographs (New York: Witkin-Berley, 1971), containing 12
mounted gelatin silver prints by George A. Tice (American, born 1938). The
photographs are views and studies made in Bodie, California, an abandoned mining
town just east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. The photographs were issued
in a
dark tan cloth-bound board portfolio. The prints are mounted on white stock marked
with Tice's chop mark in the lower right corner and separated by cover sheets.
The
portfolio also includes an introductory essay from Lee D. Witkin (American, born
1935), gallery owner and writer. The essay is dated March 11, 1971. The Ransom
Center's copy is number 36 of an edition of 50 copies and is signed by the photographer.
The titles that appear in the item list were transcribed from the portfolio's
list
of plates.
Related Material
The center holds an additional portfolio by George A. Tice entitled Peekamoose: Twelve Original Photographs (PH-02705).
