Photography Resources

Marion Center for Photographic Arts

The Anne and John Marion Center for Photographic Arts is housed in a remarkable building designed by internationally renowned architect, Ricardo Legorreta. The curriculum and programs of the Center are devoted to concentrations in studio, history, and curatorial studies.

The Center contains a wide range of specialized darkrooms, an alternative process studio, a digital studio, seminar/conference rooms, multi-purpose class rooms, a preservation studio, and framing and finishing studios.  The Center also hosts a lecture series and additional programs.

Newhall Library

The Beaumont and Nancy Newhall Library is a special collections non-circulating library ranked as one of the top informational resources in the United States for conducting research in the history and the aesthetics of photography.

The core library collections are comprised of the private research libraries of Beaumont and Nancy Newhall and James Enyeart and Roxanne Malone, the James L. Enyeart Archives, several smaller collections from notable photographers, scholars, collectors and interested individuals, and by the sponsorship of Aperture Foundation, Twin Palms Publishers / Twelve Trees Press, Photo Eye Bookstore and members of the Marion Center Circle.

To ensure preservation and maintenance, the Beaumont and Nancy Newhall and James Enyeart and Roxanne Malone collections are housed in a secured stacks area. Environmental conditions in this area are carefully monitored to insure a stable temperature and humidity within ranges appropriate for the preservation of special materials.