Oral history interview with Larry Fink
name: label: Interviewee
content: Fink, Larry, 1941-
label: Interviewer
content: Gillespie, Benjamin, 1988-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Pennsylvania
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Photographers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Photographers -- Pennsylvania
label: Topic
content: Street photography
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Fink, Larry, 1941-
label: Interviewer
content: Gillespie, Benjamin, 1988-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Interviewee Larry Fink (1941-2023) was an educator and photographer based in Martins Creek, Pennsylvania and New York, N.Y. Fink is known for his incisive documentation of etiquette in different social strata; he is especially known for his party photography and street photography. He taught at Bard College for several decades. 

Ben Gillespie (1988- ) is an art historian and oral historian based in Cambridge, MA.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 29 Items (sound files (6 hrs.), digital, wav)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Tascam DR-100MKIII 18Z0355
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2023 February 6-8
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fink23
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
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content: Interviews
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content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Larry Fink conducted 2023 February 6-8, by Benjamin Gillespie for the Archives of American Art, at At Fink's studio in Martins Creek, Pennsylvania and at the Allentown Art Museum in Allentown, Pennsylvania.­