Minnesota Photographers Oral History Project: Interview with Ricardo Block

Titles: Minnesota Photographers Oral History Project: Interview with Ricardo Block (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Born in Mexico City, 1946. Earned a Ph.D. in molecular biology at Harvard University. Began photographic career in Colorado in early 1970s and moved to Minnesota in 1978. He is a film maker and photographer and has been awarded numerous grants to pursue both arts. The Minnesota Historical Society owns works by him. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: His career as a scientist, his introduction to photography and the reason he changed careers. He names photographers he admires and those who may have influenced him. Then he traces the history of his various series: senior citizens, Air Force cadets, children, county fair winners, factory interiors, and theatre.

Dates

• 02/26/1987 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Block, Ricardo
• interviewer: Wilson, Bonnie G.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 80
• Accession Number: AV1989.91

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Minnesota Photographers Oral History Project' <OH 80>

Quantity: 1 hour sound cassette 28 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 00:59:29 running time

Subjects

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