Aaron Siskind: Making Pictures Production Records
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Wechsler, Judith
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content: Judith Wechsler papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.5 Linear feet (Boxes 2, 11-12, 16-18, 21)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1988-2003
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.wechjudi, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Series includes mainly production records from the creation of the film Aaron Siskind: Making Pictures, including original sound recordings, film outtakes, trims, a fine cut work print, and a video copy of the final work. Also found is a flyer describing the documentary, a letter to the film lab (which also refers to the Harry Callahan documentary), and a letter from someone interested in accessing the material for research. Interviews with Siskind conducted for the documentary are available in their entirety among the original sound reels, which also contain wild sound (shot without picture) and voiceover recordings. A partial transcript of the interview material is also available. Film elements are found for sequences labeled "Hartford Reception" and "Highway Footage" and for additional unnamed sync, silent, and soundtrack elements. Photographs of original film containers, discarded during processing, show the filmmaker's original box labels.