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Center for Creative Photography

Library Overview

The Center for Creative Photography's Polaroid Library is one of the world's greatest collections of photographic materials. It holds more than 26,000 volumes on the history of photography along with more than 100 periodicals, rare books, and the personal book collections of photographers such as W. Eugene Smith. Of special note is an exceptional collection of nearly 1,000 artists' books that use photography, hundreds of hours of videotaped lectures at the Center by photographers, and oral histories related to photography that can be screened in the Library video viewing room, and a rare book room.

You can also search for a specific TITLE, in the main Library's SABIO database, or search for a specific ARTICLE. To search all of the books and periodicals in the Center's library, visit the University of Arizona Library's catalog.

Library Hours

Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Closed on weekends.

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