Visual Studies Workshop

Collection Type: Institution

Phone Number: 5852040077

Contact Email: marylewandowski@vsw.org

Collection Policy: VSW was founded in 1969 in Rochester, New York by photographer, educator and curator Nathan Lyons (1930–2016). Rooted in Lyons’ progressive vision of the “workshop idea,” VSW became one of the earliest independent, not-for-profit, artist-run spaces in the country. Since its inception, VSW has provided residencies to over 500 artists, produced more than 500 exhibitions, screened over 1,000 films and videos, and published more than 500 artists’ books through VSW Press. Additionally, we have educated over 1,000 students through workshops and our MA and MFA programs (1969–2022), and founded and published the periodical Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism (1972-2018). Our media collections include over a million photography and film-related objects, making our small organization unique in the field.

4,581 films in this collection.

Title ▼	Year	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
Desperate Moment	1953	Niles	88 min.	16mm	B&W
Design to Music		International Film Bureau	11	16mm	Color	sound
Desert People	1968	CONTEM	51 min.	16mm	B&W	sound
Desert in the Deep	1978	AEF	6 min	16mm	Color
Depths of Space: Exterior Galaxies	1953	ISO	11 min.	16mm	B&W
Dentist, The	1932	BLACK	21 min.	16mm	B&W	sound
Democracy of Ancient Greece: The Age of Excellence	1966	ALEM	15 min.	16mm	Color
Dementia 13	1963	REEL	81 min.	16mm	B&W
Deluge, The	1979	Lucern	50 min.	16mm	Color
Delta Phase				16mm
Definate Integral as a Limit, The	1967	mla	10 min.	16mm	Color
Defense Against Invasion	1943	Disney	13 min.	16mm	Color	sound
Deerslayer, The	1979	Lucern	97 min.	16mm	Color
Deer in the Works	1980	Barr	25 min.	16mm	Color
Decoration	1952	Indiana U Audio-Visual Center	11	16mm	Color	sound
Declarations of Independence by the Colonies	1956	ebec	19 min.	16mm	Color
Declaration of Independence				16mm
December 7th	1948	USOFED	34 min.	16mm	B&W
Death Valley Days: The Young Gun				16mm
Death Valley	1983	Kaw Valley Films Inc	26	16mm	Color
Death of the Hired Man	1979	ebec	22 min.	16mm	Color
Death of a Prophet		Black Filmmaker Foundation	60 min.	16mm		sound
Death of a Gandy Dancer	1977	LCA	27 min.	16mm	Color	sound
Death in the West				16mm
Death In The Forbidden Zone	1996		15:00 min	16mm	Color
Death Be Not Proud	1975	LCA	99 min.	16mm	Color
Death and Dying: A Teenage Class				16mm
Dear Diary	1981	newday	25 min.	16mm	Color	sound
Dealing with Difficult People	1983	Phoenix	18 min.	16mm	Color
Dealing With Criticism	1975	Centron	11 min.	16mm	Color	silent
Dead Is Dead	1973	Paramount	21 min.	16mm	Color
Dead Birds	1963	Harvard University Film Study Ctr	81	16mm	Color	sound
Days of thrills and laughter	1964	Carousel Films	93	16mm	B&W	sound
Days of the Dirigibles	1978	REEL	10 min.	16mm	Color
Daybreak express	1953	PENNEBAKER	6	16mm	Color	sound
Day Man Flew, The				16mm
Day in the Country, A				16mm
Day Before, The	2000		12:00 min	16mm	Color
Day After Trinity				16mm
Dawn Trial			90 min.	16mm
David Oistrakh's Mazurka				16mm
David Copperfield	1967	MCGRAW HILL PUBLISHING CO	12	16mm
David and Lisa		Heller-Perry Productions	1:34:00	16mm	B&W	sound
David and Goliath	1973	Pyramid	13	16mm	Color	sound
David	1980	filmlib	28 min.	16mm	Color	sound
Dave Brubeck	1978	Thorn	52 min.	16mm	Color
Daughter Rite		Iris	:53	16mm	Color	sound
Daughter of Mademoiselle from Armentieres, The				16mm
Dark Dark Tale, A	1983	Weston	4 min	16mm	Color
Danzig - 1939	1980	Phoenix	29 min.	16mm	Color