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Digital Objects ➔ Digital Photograph, Morse and Waldron Buildings
Identifier:
2024.22.100Description:
This is a photograph of the east side of Ionia Street, south of Weston. The buildings shown are the Morse Building at 32 Ionia SW, vacant at 54 Ionia SW, and the Waldron Building at 56 Ionia SW.This photograph was taken by Alan Forist, a Kalamazoo-based photographer. It is part of a collection of images of Grand Rapids, Michigan taken by Forist in the mid-1970s.
Date:
circa 1974Materials:
Digital ObjectCurrent Location Status:
Digital ObjectCollection Tier:
Tier 3Source:
Gift of Alan ForistRelated Entities:
Alan Forist (donor)Alan Forist is a Kalamazoo-based photographer who has lived and worked in Grand Rapids. He has been taking photographs of nature, urban landscapes, sports, and other subjects since the 1960s.
In 1973-1974, as a student at Grand Valley State College, Forist was hired by David Hunting and the Dyer Ives Foundation to take documentary photographs of downtown Grand Rapids, focusing on Ionia Street SW. Forist submitted a series of color slides as part of the project. The color images in this collection were those not selected by Dyer Ives for their final project. The black and white images were photographs Forist took of downtown Grand Rapids as an aspiring photographer interested in light, shapes, daily life, etc. They were not taken with any documentary intention, although some were probably assignments for photography classes at GVSC.
Alan Forist (creator)Alan Forist is a Kalamazoo-based photographer who has lived and worked in Grand Rapids. He has been taking photographs of nature, urban landscapes, sports, and other subjects since the 1960s.
In 1973-1974, as a student at Grand Valley State College, Forist was hired by David Hunting and the Dyer Ives Foundation to take documentary photographs of downtown Grand Rapids, focusing on Ionia Street SW. Forist submitted a series of color slides as part of the project. The color images in this collection were those not selected by Dyer Ives for their final project. The black and white images were photographs Forist took of downtown Grand Rapids as an aspiring photographer interested in light, shapes, daily life, etc. They were not taken with any documentary intention, although some were probably assignments for photography classes at GVSC.