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Briscoe Center Acquires Christopher Little Archive
11 November 2021
The Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin has announced the acquisition of the Christopher Little photographic archive. The archive contains contains the photojournalist's work from the late 1960s to the 2000s and includes more than 71,000 slides, 21,500 negatives, 5,000 prints and almost 10,000 contact sheets.
"Christopher Little's collection is a rich and fascinating compendium of public figures and historic moments. We are thrilled he has chosen to donate his life's work to the center," said Don Carleton, executive director of the Briscoe Center.
"Little is known for his compelling portraits of notable people from all walks of life. Beyond the glamour of his celebrity images, however, lies a diverse range of subjects with a truly global perspective, which will provide rich material for future research."
In high school, Little was an unpaid inter in the photo department of the New York Herald Tribune, mentored by the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Nat Fein. Little graduated from Yale with a BA in Psychology, but his coverage of Yale's antiwar protests, student strikes, inner-city riots and the New Haven murder trial of Black Panther Bobby Seale led to regular assignments at Newsweek. Those assignments resulted in his first major job, which was to photograph the Watergate hearings for Time magazine.
His work has been exhibited at the Yale School of Art and Architecture, Boston Public Library, Nikon House, the International Center of Photography/Midtown, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Dallas Museum of Art and the National Museum of American History.
The Briscoe Center's photographic collection now includes the archives of over 75 photojournalists.
UT Austin's Briscoe Center Acquires Photo Archive of Christopher Little
The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at The University of Texas is pleased to announce the donation of the Christopher Little Photographic Archive, an important addition to the center's internationally significant photojournalism collections.
Little's archive spans his career as an esteemed photojournalist and comprises an expansive photographic portfolio of public figures and international subjects. He is best known for his 21 years with People magazine (1980 -- 2001). His work also has been published in such major magazines and newspapers as Life, Time, Newsweek, the New York Times, Vanity Fair, Esquire, GQ, Architectural Digest, Town & Country, National Geographic World and Paris Match.
The Christopher Little Photographic Archive spans his work from the late 1960s to the 2000s and includes more than 71,000 slides, 21,500 negatives, 5,000 prints and almost 10,000 contact sheets.
"Christopher Little's collection is a rich and fascinating compendium of public figures and historic moments. We are thrilled he has chosen to donate his life's work to the center," said Don Carleton, executive director of the Briscoe Center. "Little is known for his compelling portraits of notable people from all walks of life. Beyond the glamour of his celebrity images, however, lies a diverse range of subjects with a truly global perspective, which will provide rich material for future research."
With the archives of more than 75 photojournalists, the Briscoe Center's photographic collection has grown over the past two decades into a photographic archive of international importance. The collection now contains more than 8 million images and spans the period from the late 1840s to the present.