Tim Chapman Collection - 1968-2012

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HMA0017

Nom et localisation du dépôt

Niveau de description

Collection

Titre

Tim Chapman Collection - 1968-2012

Date(s)

  • 1968-2012 (predominant: 1972-2012) (Création/Production)

Importance matérielle

193.00 Boxes

Nom du producteur

Notice biographique

Tim Chapman spent 40 years working as a photographer for The Miami Herald. He covered wars, hurricanes, riots, earthquakes, mass exoduses from Cuba, kidnappings, plane crashes, death and mayhem, including Guyana’s Jonestown massacre in 1978.

Chapman moved to Hialeah when he was eight. He attended Hialeah High, Miami Dade College and the University of Miami (UM). After graduating from UM in 1972, he went to work at the Miami Herald as a lab tech processing film and making prints. He shot spot news in his spare time and was promoted to staff photographer after a few months.

During his career, Chapman covered events and conflicts in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Beirut, Cuba, and Haiti. Back in Miami, he photographed hundreds of events, including the Mariel Boatlift and the cocaine cowboy era of the 1980s.

Chapman retired from the Miami Herald in 2012.

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

The Tim Chapman collection consists of photographs and related materials shot or collected by photojournalist Tim Chapman during the second half of the twentieth century. While most materials pertain to people, places, and events in the Miami area, Latin American and world events are also represented.

The collection includes his professional work as a photojournalist as well as his photography for personal interest. Photographic media include 35mm negatives and slides (mainly black-and-white), photographic prints, and born-digital, color images. Supporting material includes newspaper and magazine articles containing illustrations by Chapman.

Photography pertaining to people, places, and events in the Miami area includes crime scenes; politics; the Mariel boatlift; the upheaval of the 1980s, including the Cocaine Cowboys; and Hurricane Andrew. The shots also include images of ordinary and famous people.

During 2013, Chapman filled a series of notebooks with handwritten notes identifying the most significant images. Entries are chronological, to coincide with the arrangement of the collection.

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Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Conditions d’accès

The collection is in process. For access to this collection, please contact the Research Center at archives@historymiami.org for further information and to make an appointment.

Accès physique

Access to the born-digital materials is limited to the public and requires assistance from archives staff.

Accès technique

Conditions de reproduction

Requests to publish or display materials from this collection require written permission from the rights owner. Please contact archives@historymiami.org for more information.

Langue des documents

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      Instruments de recherche

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      Historique de la conservation

      Source immédiate d'acquisition

      Gift of Tim Chapman, April 2013.

      Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation

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      Sources complémentaires

      Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux

      Existence et lieu de conservation des copies

      Sources complémentaires

      The Miami Herald collection contains a few additional Tim Chapman photographs. The Miami Herald and Miami News collections contain many examples of other Miami area photojournalists’ work.

      Information about related materials is available at http://historymiamiarchives.org/guides/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=1224

      Descriptions associées

      Élément de notes

      Note générale

      Accessions:

      2013-334

      2013-376 (Cassius Clay vs. Sonny Liston fight on Miami Beach, 1964)

      2013-391 (Big Stories and Special Assignments)

      2013-395 (Born-Digital Images)

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      Sources utilisées

      Note de l'archiviste

      Finding Aid Authors: Kristen Lachterman, Rebecca A. Smith, Maria R. Estorino, and Archives staff.

      Note de l'archiviste

      © Copyright 2019 HistoryMiami Archives & Research Center. All rights reserved.

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