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David Lee Guss Art Collections

Shop for artwork from David Lee Guss based on themed collections. Each image may be purchased as a canvas print, framed print, metal print, and more! Every purchase comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Artwork by David Lee Guss

Each image may be purchased as a canvas print, framed print, metal print, and more! Every purchase comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Vivian Maier self portrait probably taken in Chicago Illinois 1955 by David Lee Guss
 

Vivian Maier self portrait probably taken in Chicago Illinois 1955 by David Lee Guss

Ricks Cafe Americain Casablanca 1942 by David Lee Guss
 

Ricks Cafe Americain Casablanca 1942 by David Lee Guss

Pat Conway Tombstone Territory 1958-2015 by David Lee Guss
 

Pat Conway Tombstone Territory 1958-2015 by David Lee Guss

Humphrey Bogart holding falcon The Maltese Falcon 1941  by David Lee Guss
 

Humphrey Bogart holding falcon The Maltese Falcon 1941 by David Lee Guss

The Tuskegee Airmen circa 1943 by David Lee Guss
 

The Tuskegee Airmen circa 1943 by David Lee Guss

Myrna Loy Asta William Powell publicity photo The Thin Man 1934 by David Lee Guss
 

Myrna Loy Asta William Powell publicity photo The Thin Man 1934 by David Lee Guss

Vivian Maier self portrait probably taken in Chicago Illinois 1955 by David Lee Guss
 

Vivian Maier self portrait probably taken in Chicago Illinois 1955 by David Lee Guss

University of Washington rowing team Olympics Berlin 1936 color added 2016 by David Lee Guss
 

University of Washington rowing team Olympics Berlin 1936 color added 2016 by David Lee Guss

Jackie robinson stealing home Yogi Berra catcher in 1st game 1955 world series by David Lee Guss
 

Jackie robinson stealing home Yogi Berra catcher in 1st game 1955 world series by David Lee Guss

The High Chaparral Henry Darrow publicity photo number 3 by David Lee Guss
 

The High Chaparral Henry Darrow publicity photo number 3 by David Lee Guss

Nobel Prize Winning Writer Albert Camus Paris, France, 1944 -2015 by David Lee Guss
 

Nobel Prize Winning Writer Albert Camus Paris, France, 1944 -2015 by David Lee Guss

The Wizard of Oz  quartet Eric Carpenter publicity Kodachrome 1939 by David Lee Guss
 

The Wizard of Oz quartet Eric Carpenter publicity Kodachrome 1939 by David Lee Guss

Marlene Dietrich kissing soldier returning from WW2 1945 by David Lee Guss
 

Marlene Dietrich kissing soldier returning from WW2 1945 by David Lee Guss

Ed Gein the ghoul who inspired Psycho Plainfield Wisconsin c.1957-2013 by David Lee Guss
 

Ed Gein the ghoul who inspired Psycho Plainfield Wisconsin c.1957-2013 by David Lee Guss

John Wayne Walter Brennan Rio Bravo set Old Tucson Arizona 1959 by David Lee Guss
 

John Wayne Walter Brennan Rio Bravo set Old Tucson Arizona 1959 by David Lee Guss

Clint Eastwood with 44 Magnum Dirty Harry 1971 by David Lee Guss
 

Clint Eastwood with 44 Magnum Dirty Harry 1971 by David Lee Guss

Workmen hauling damaged sign Walker Evans photo New York City 1930 color added 2008 by David Lee Guss
 

Workmen hauling damaged sign Walker Evans photo New York City 1930 color added 2008 by David Lee Guss

Lauren Bacall Humphrey Bogart To Have and Have Not 1944 by David Lee Guss
 

Lauren Bacall Humphrey Bogart To Have and Have Not 1944 by David Lee Guss

Girl with red coat publicity photo Schindlers list 1993 by David Lee Guss
 

Girl with red coat publicity photo Schindlers list 1993 by David Lee Guss

Russian soldiers preparing for the Battle of Kursk July 1943 by David Lee Guss
 

Russian soldiers preparing for the Battle of Kursk July 1943 by David Lee Guss

Anne Frank  1942-2015 by David Lee Guss
 

Anne Frank 1942-2015 by David Lee Guss

Pancho Villa in presidential chair and Emiliano Zapata palacio nacional Mexico City December 6 1914 by David Lee Guss
 

Pancho Villa in presidential chair and Emiliano Zapata palacio nacional Mexico City December 6 1914 by David Lee Guss

Opera Singer Maria Callas  Cecil Beaton photo No Date-2010 by David Lee Guss
 

Opera Singer Maria Callas Cecil Beaton photo No Date-2010 by David Lee Guss

SS Waffen Corporal Otto Funk circa 1943 by David Lee Guss
 

SS Waffen Corporal Otto Funk circa 1943 by David Lee Guss

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About David Lee Guss

David Lee Guss I first became obsessed with photography and motion pictures while growing up in post WW2 Manila in the Philippine Islands in the late 1940's/early 1950's. Film noirs were a particular influence.

But my first love remains the theater. I acted in numerous amateur productions from 1958 to 1978. In 1979 I earned a MA in drama from the University of Arizona; earlier getting a BA in English from the University of Minnesota, where I co-founded the first film society on campus and ran it for four years. While at the U of A, I studied with the master black and white photo essayist W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978) the last year of his life. I am the last person cited in Jim Hughes' definitive biography of Gene, as I wrote about attending his final class days before his death.

I still consider myself an amateur photographer as almost all my work displayed here has been self assignments. After graduating from an announcing school in Minneapolis in 1964 I began employment as a news anchorman/booth announcer/writer/still photographer, at the now defunct KXAB TV in Aberdeen, South Dakota, without having taken a journalism course or ever have taken a photograph. (I bluffed my way into the job.) Being essentially my own boss of a one man news team, I could repeatedly blunder and bury my numerous mistakes. There I began my thematic, photo essays as stories for broadcast in black and white slide form. I found photography much more rewarding than being a media celebrity.

After an abortive try at the Peace Corps I landed at KVOA TV in Tucson, Arizona in April 1967 as a news editor/cinematographer. I continued with the photo essays now shot on negative film, and printed/ rephotographed with 16mm film. My only on air appearances were when I did "stand-uppers" or interviews.

Since then I have spent decades as a teacher of arts related subjects (acting, film making/history, creative writing, art history, literature and photography, English, etc.) in various community colleges, universities and prison facilities in Arizona.

My images, with the captions and descriptions, speak for themselves. I am presently building a website (vanishingamericanwest.com) which will feature my photo essays and short films.

My photo essays are in numerous archives/museums in the US and Europe. I am the only living photographer who has his own archive at the University of Arizona Special Collections Library in Tucson.

My prize winning short films/videos have been screened at festivals in Australia, Finland, France, Germany, Japan. Malta and Spain; and on many US cable systems.

Since 1994 I have lived in an adobe house in Casa Grande, Arizona.