Timeline 10:00 am – 11:00 am Brunch 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Program 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm Dessert and Gallery Open
Special Thanks Mari Cleven, Videographer, RDI, for producing the video tributes Western Photographic Historical Society, for the centerpieces Sonoran Glass School, for creating and crafting the awards
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n behalf of the University of Arizona’s office of Research, Discovery, and Innovation, thank you for joining us for the inaugural Portraits of CCP. We are thrilled to be honoring two
long-time familiar faces at the Center and to recognize their unparalleled contributions. The Center and its successes have been shaped by people like Dr. John P. Schaefer and Tony Celentano, and their impact will be felt for years to come. Our two honorees also highlight the connections between the Center and our larger campus community. Beyond his roles as University President and CCP Founder, Dr. Schaefer has strong ties to departments across campus and Tucson and will leave incredible legacies with each. Tony Celentano is a wonderful example of a member of our University of Arizona community whose long-time volunteer work and commitment has had a profound impact on those who have worked with and visited the Center throughout its history. Dr. Kimberly Andrews Espy Senior V.P. for Research
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elcome to Portraits of CCP, a celebration of photography and the countless people who have contributed to the enduring legacy of the Center for Creative Photography. In this, our
inaugural celebration, we are extremely honored to recognize the contributions of John Schaefer and Tony Celentano. These contributions, each in their own way, have become the building blocks that have advanced CCP as the premier American institution of photography. What is even more significant, in my view, is their ethic of service – to CCP, the University of Arizona, and the photographic community at large – that will be their enduring legacy of impact and a model for all of us to follow.
R. Brooks Jeffery CCP Acting Administrator Associate Vice President for Research – Arts, Culture & Society
Dr. John P.
SCHAEFER
Dr. John P. Schaefer is President Emeritus of the University of Arizona, where he had an active 21-year career in teaching and research. It was during his tenure as president that he and Ansel Adams crafted a vision for a photographic archive and founded the Center for Creative Photography. Within a year the Center became an international presence in the field of photography. Dr. Schaefer was born in New York City and received a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Illinois, where he also met his wife Helen. He joined the University as faculty in the Chemistry department, becoming Dean of the School of Liberal Arts in 1969 and appointed University of Arizona President in 1971, a position he held for 11 years. In addition to founding the Center his achievements include leading the effort for the creation of the Multiple Mirror Telescope and facilitating the University’s inclusion in the Pac-10 conference. Dr. Schaefer is the author of three best-selling books on photographic techniques, and his photographs have been featured in Arizona Highways and numerous other publications. In recent years he has concentrated on photographing cacti, plants, and flowers. A selection of these images will be used in a soon-to-be-released set of stamps through the US Postal Service. Dr. Schaefer’s interests and involvements extend even further, truly meriting him the title of Renaissance Man. An avid birdwatcher, he helped organize the Tucson Audubon Society and found The Nature Conservancy in Tucson. He has also shared his talents with the Tucson Museum of Art, the Arizona-Sonora
Desert Museum, and the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Corporation. Dr. Schaefer is an amateur astronomer, classical music lover, collector of southwestern art, and father of two wonderful daughters.
Tony
CELENTANO
Tony Celentano is a lifelong photographer and photo enthusiast whose volunteer contributions to the Center span more than 40 years. Celentano’s interest in photography started at a young age, and he began his formal career in high school, working for the newspaper and yearbook while also shooting professionally for Candid Photography. It was in a college photography class that he first saw Little Known Images, the Ansel Adams exhibition that would launch the Center for Creative Photography. After moving back to Tucson with his wife, Ofelia Zepeda, Celentano began volunteering for Dianne Nilsen, the Center’s photographer. This partnership began his decades-long relationship with the Center, where his work has included imaging, print viewings, tours, and much more. His years working as a photographer allowed him to impart a strong technical know-how to guests, and his familiarity with the Center's collection served as a source of enormous knowledge for visitors. Celentano completed a BA in Art Education from the University of Arizona and went on to teach in Tucson for a number of years. He is currently volunteering with the Center’s Digital Imaging Department and continuing to take photos.
Heartfelt congratulations to
DR. JOHN P. SCHAEFER Dr. John P. Schaefer was a true visionary when he, along with photographer Ansel Adams, founded the Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona in 1975. For more than four decades the Center has served as a vibrant and accessible cultural resource not only for the citizens of Arizona, but for people around the globe. John’s foresight helped mold the Center for Creative Photography into one of the worlds finest, and most respected, academic art museums and photographic study centers. John Sexton Photographer
DR. JOHN P. SCHAEFER & TONY CELENTANO With deep appreciation for your time, passion, and dedication, congratulations from all of us at UA Research, Discovery & Innovation!
Tony Celentano (far right), circa 1982.
Enthusiasm
STRENGTHENS Tony Celentano's enduring dedication to photography and its practitioners brings honor to the Center for Creative Photography. He has been an inquisitive photographer since his first high school photography classes over fifty years ago. His enthusiasm strengthens the mission of the institution and that spirit, so alive in the CCP building, is nurtured by the many devoted volunteers and staff like Tony. Harold Jones Director Emeritus, CCP Volunteer Coordinator, Voices of Photography, CCP
Todd Walker, Pearl, 1972, photo silkscreen © Todd Walker Family Trust
Congratulations
JOHN & TONY UPCOMING EXHIBITION:
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7 – 10 pm, Sat. November 18, 2017
Speeding Trucks and Other Follies November 14, 2017 – January 6, 2018
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The Western Photographic Historical Society is honored to thank and congratulate
Tony Celentano for his decades of service to the Center for Creative Photography, and for a lifetime well-spent in photography. Our world is a better place for your being here, Tony!
Telegram from President of the United States, Gerald R. Ford, to President of the University of Arizona, John P. Schaefer, on the opening of the Center for Creative Photography, May 14, 1975.
Balloons released celebrating the ground breaking for the Center for Creative Photography’s 1030 N. Olive Road location, May 8, 1987.
Congratulations
TONY CELENTANO On the occasion of this well deserved honor! Thank you for your dedication to the CCP and for sharing your generous spirit with us all. Andrew Wallace Iowa City, Iowa
The College of Humanities and the Poetry Center
CONGRATULATE Dr. John Schaefer and Tony Celentano for their exceptional contributions and decades of service to the signature collections that help define the University of Arizona and Southern Arizona.
CONGRATULATIONS Dr. John P. Schaefer
Thank you for your extraordinary commitment and dedication to the Center for Creative Photography and the University of Arizona. Your role in founding this remarkable collection ensures the conservation and understanding of important work that continues to draw international attention to the UA and Tucson. In gratitude, Your friends on the UA Foundation Board of Trustees
Steward Observatory and the Department of Astronomy congratulates
DR. JOHN P. SCHAEFER for receiving a Portraits of CCP honor
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t is my great honor to recognize and thank Professor John P. Schaefer for his many contributions to the University of Arizona. Chief among them are his work in establishing the Center for Creative Photography,
his leadership as President of the University, and his inspiring role as Professor of Chemistry. As a U of A graduate in chemical engineering and a native Tucsonan, I am proud to be able to contribute to his recognition and to acknowledge how much he has inspired me personally, initially as a student of chemistry when I first knew Professor Schaefer. Later as a photographer I was thrilled that he fulfilled Ansel Adams's desire to establish a center for photographic archives at the university. And finally, two years ago the Center became the repository for the photographic work of my uncle, Benjamen Chinn. Newton Don
The UA College of Science is pleased to join in celebrating the inaugural portraits of CCP honorees Dr. John P. Schaefer and Tony Celentano. Congratulations to the UA Center for Creative Photography for its continued work as one of the world’s finest academic art museums and study centers for the history of photography.
DR. SCHAEFER Thank you for your years of dedicated service. Your friends at Research Corporation Technologies
Celebration honoring the naming of the Center for Creative Photography for John P. Schaefer, February 3, 1992.
CCP Staff
LIST:
Aimee Baker – Exhibition Specialist Nova Burns – Assistant Registrar, Avedon Foundation Tammy Carter – Licensing Manager Megan Clancy – Registrar Gina Compitello-Moore – Marketing Manager Rebecca Drudge – Associate Registrar Denise Gosé – Associate Director Meg Hagyard – Senior Director for External Relations, Arts, Culture & Heritage R. Brooks Jeffery CCP Acting Administrator Andrew Kensett – Acting Assistant Curator
Brit Palomarez – Membership & Community Outreach Alexis Peregoy – Associate Archivist Joseph Rheaume – Digital Projects Coordinator Lynn Richards – Exhibition Specialist Carrie Schimpff – Development & Community Outreach Rebecca Senf – Chief Curator, Center for Creative Photography & Norton Family Curator, Phoenix Art Museum Leslie Squyres – Head of Volkerding Study Center, Senior Archivist Emily Una Weirich – Associate Librarian for Research Services
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