Abbye Alexander Gorin
General Information
Occupation: Architectural Photographer, Researcher, Writer
Birth Country: United States
Resident Country: United States
Specialties
No specialties on record
Jobs
Employer: KVET
Title: Writer
City: Austin
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Employer: Houston Chronicle
Title: Writer and Layout Artist
City: Houston
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Employer: Latin American Photographic Archive, Tulane University Library
Title: Co-founder
City: New Orleans
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Employer: Plastic Engineered Products Incorporated and Advanced Composites Division
Title: Partner/Head of Accounting and Advertising
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Employer: University of New Orleans
Title: Research Associate
City: New Orleans
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Employer: Virginia Tech
Title: Research Associate
City: Blacksburg
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Employer: Free lance Architectural Researcher - Writer
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Employer: Southeastern Architectural Archive, Tulane University Library
Title: Acting Curator
City: New Orleans
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Employer: WYES-TV 12
Title: Architectural and Image Researcher, "New Orleans in the Sixties"
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Collaborators
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Apprenticeships
No apprenticeships on record
Awards
Name: New Orleans Art Directors and Designers Award
Description: Giant Propeller at Avondale, 8x10
Name: Contemporary Photography in Louisiana II, Contemporary Arts Center
Description: Dra. Klein and Intihuatana
Name: Contemporary Photography in Louisiana III, Contemporary Arts Center
Description: Helmut Gersheim on Magazine Street; Mama Brocato and Boys; Sister, New Orleans States Item
Name: Tau Sigma Delta, honorary architecture and allied arts fraternity for academic excellence
Description: Virginia Tech
Exhibitions
Title: Sculpture in Central Mexico
Description: One Person exhibit in Tulane University Latin America Library
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Title: Guatamala
Description: One Person exhibit in Tulane University Latin America Library
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Title: A Photographic Essay of Spain
Description: 35 photographs, One Person exhibit in Tulane University Latin America Library
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Title: Five Mayan Ruins in the Yucatan
Description: 31 Photographs, One Person exhibit in Tulane University Latin America Library
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Title: Grave Site of Lafacido Hern, Tokyo
Description: Lafacido Hern National Traveling exhibit
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Title: Community Church Unitarian Universalist
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Start Date: May 22, 1991
End Date: May 22, 1991
Title: Save Our Cemeteries
Description: lobby of the World Trade Center
City: New York
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Notes: also in 1991
Title: A Guide to Photographic Collections in New Orleans
Description: Photographic Books
City: Blacksburg
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Title: Gold of El Dorado
Description: Supplement to traveling exhibit, New Orleans Museum of Art
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Title: Cuidad Trujillo
Description: 21 photographs, One Person exhibit in Tulane University Latin America Library
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Title: Oaxaca
Description: 36 photographs, One Person exhibit in Tulane University Latin America Library
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Notable Projects
Title: Filipino-Hispanic Religious Architecture, 1572-1815
Description: Unpublished writings
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Title: The Art of Documentary Photography: Abraham Guillen Melgar (1901-1985). The Archaeological photographs of a Peruvian documentary photographer.
Description: Unpublished writings
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Title: Shapes in Time: Spanish Colonial Architectural Designs and Decorations and Their Book Antecedents, ca. 1550 - ca. 1700
Description: Unpublished writings
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Title: Gernshein on the Gernshein Collection
Description: Lecture
City: New Orleans
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Title: AnGela Gregory, Master Sculptor
Description: Lecture
City: New Orleans
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Title: An Architectural Analysis of the Royal Mausoleum at Machu Picchu, Peru
Description: Unpublished writings
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Title: Video: A Research Method for Urban Studies
Description: Lecture
City: Blacksburg
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Title: Photography: A Research Method for Studying a Pre-Columbian Site in Latin America
Description: Lecture
City: Blacksburg
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Title: Samuel Wilson Jr.: A Key to Track the Modern Preservation Movement and How New Orleans Fits into the Big Picture
Description: Lecture
City: New Orleans
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Start Date: May 04, 1992
End Date: May 04, 1992
Title: Yesterdays Tomorrows Are Here: The Electronic Book
Description: Lecture, Summer Speakers Program
City: New Orleans
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Start Date: June 30, 1996
Title: Politics on the Landscape: Syria, Jordan, and Israel 1966
Description: Lecture, Lunch and Learn
City: New Orleans
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Start Date: September 05, 1996
Title: New Orleans A Wonderful Town
Description: Unpublished writings
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Title: A Verbal-Visual Study of a Nobleman's House, Ganoza Chopitea in Trujillo, Viceregal Peru
Description: Unpublished writings
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Title: Chan Chan, Peru (A.D. 950-1440)
Description: Unpublished writings
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Title: Masses and Voids on a Developing Grid: The Vieux Carre, New Orleans 1718-1836
Description: Unpublished writings
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Title: Modern Architecture in American Film Decor, 1920s, 30s.
Description: Unpublished writings
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Education
Institution: University of Texas
Degree: Bachelor of Fine Arts in Radio Broadcasting
Notes: Austin, Texas
Institution: University of New Orleans
Degree: Masters of Science, Urban Studies
Notes: New Orleans, Louisiana
Institution: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Department: College of Architecture and Urban Studies
Degree: Ph.D. Environmental Design and Planning
Notes: Blacksburg, Virginia
Licensing
No licenses on record
Professional Affiliations
No affiliations on record
Publications By
Title: The Rivergate, The Port of New Orleans Exhibition Cneter, New Orleans LA
Publication: Video 5:00
Date Published: September 01, 1994
Notes: Copy sent to the Secretary of the Interior
Title: Five Protraits for Community Church capital fund drive
Co-author: Kathleen Korb, Suzy Mague, Avis Ogilvy, Judy Pappenhagen, Ira Woodstein
Title: Mayor Marc Morial's first 100 days: A mistakes list related to the Rivergate.
Publication: New Orleans City Business, Guest Perspective
Date Published: August 01, 1994
Title: Remembering a historic moment in our recent past. The Rivergate 1968-1995
Publication: Video 5:30, Interlude 6:03
Publisher: WYES TV-12
Date Published: November 01, 1995
Title: Mama Brocato and Boys, photograph
Co-author: Mary Lou Widmer
Publication: New Orleans in the Thirties
Page: 149
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Co.
Title: The Saint Louis Cemeteries of New Orleans
Publication: St. Louis Cathedral
City: New Orleans
Title: A Visual Text: Architectural History
Publication: Laser disc
Publisher: Virginia Tech
City: Blacksburg
Title: Entry Gate, St. Louis Cemetery No. 3, photograph
Publication: New Orleans Architecture, The Cemeteries
Volume: III
Page: 15
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
Title: Pitot House On Bayou St. John
Publication: Video 30:00
Publisher: Samuel Wilson, Jr., Louisiana Landmarks Society
Title: Angela Gregory, Master Sculpter
Publication: Video, 30:00
Publisher: University of New Orleans
Date Published: November 20, 1985
Title: Post Card Series from photographs in Gorin Collection, Photographic Archive, Tulane University
City: New Orleans
Notes: Four Story Pyramid, Edzna, Campeche; Nunnery, Western Palace, Uxmal, Yucatan; Pyramid of Quetzalcoatl, Teotihuacan, State of Mexico; Temple of the Frescos with Castillo in Background, Tulum, Quintana Roo; Temple of the Sun, Palenque, Chiapas; Temple of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, Arlantes Columns. Tula, Hidalgo
Title: Samuel Wilson, Jr., Dean of Architectural Preservation in New Orleans
Co-author: Samuel Wilson, Jr., speaker
Publication: Video 30:00
Publisher: Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, University of New Orleans
Date Published: February 26, 1986
Title: Stolen Flag, Letters to the Editor
Publication: Times-Picayune
Date Published: March 25, 1991
Title: The Importance of Visual Literacy
Publication: Louisiana Library Association Bulletin
Title: Chinese Traditional Architecture
Publication: Educational Video, 40:00
Publisher: Virginia Tech
City: Blacksburg
State: Virginia
Country: United States
Title: Society's newest publication (conversations with Samuel Wilson Jr.)
Publication: Preservation
Title: Conversations With Samuel Wilson Jr.
Publisher: Louisiana Landmarks Society
City: New Orleans
Title: Learning from Samuel Wilson, Jr.
Publisher: Louisiana Landmarks Society
City: New Orleans
Title: City had more than its hare of political follies
Publication: Times-Picayune, Letter to the Editor
Date Published: July 03, 1992
Title: Architects many gifts to the city (memorial Samuel Wilson, Jr.)
Publication: Times-Picayune
Date Published: October 27, 1993
Title: A Guide to Photographic Collections in New Orleans
Publisher: Earl K. Long Library and School of Urban and Regional Studies, University of New Orleans
Date Published: November 01, 1987
Title: Archivist Describes Progress, Effect in Technology
Publication: Friends Frontispiece (newsletter of Friends of the Tulane University Library)
Title: A Walking Tour of St. Louis Cemeteries No. 1 and 2
Co-author: Samuel Wilson Jr., host
Publication: Video 30:00
Publisher: Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, University of New Orleans
Date Published: October 31, 1986
Title: New Orleans in the Sixties
Publication: Video 60:00
Publisher: WYES TV-12
Date Published: November 29, 1995
Title: New Years Eve of 1963: Robin Gorin with dog 'Mucho' and sister Polly build a snowman
Title: Abbye A. Gorin Collection, Black and White Negatives and Photographs, Tulane University Latin American Photographic Archives
Publication: Latin American Homepage
Url: http://www.tulane.edu/~latinlib/lalhome.html
Title: Remembering a Friend, Nathaniel Curtis (1917-1997)
Publication: Preservation
Title: A master architect remembered
Publication: Times-Picayune, Letter to the Editor
Date Published: June 25, 1997
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