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Mima Cataldo | |
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| Education | Syracuse University |
| Years active | Late 1960s-Present |
| Known for | Feminist photography |
| Movement | Women's liberation movement |
| Website | https://www.mimacataldo.com |
Mima Cataldo is a feminist artist and a women's rights activist known for her social justice photography.[1]
Career in education
[edit]Mima Cataldo was a professor at Syracuse University. She taught sociology and advised on academic projects.[2][3][4] Cataldo also worked for the Tiburon School District in Northern California.[2]
Seneca Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice
[edit]Cataldo photographed the 1983 Seneca Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice in the summer of 1983.[5][6] Along with Ruth Putter, Bryna Fireside and Elaine Lytel, she published a book about this event in 1987.[7][8] The book was dedicated to feminist peace activist Barbara Deming.[7] Cataldo included a photo of Deming in her book talking to a group of women who attended this encampment.[7] The publication included numerous pictures including some of the participants doing physical work to build the camp.[7]
In 1987, Cataldo was quoted in the Sunday Democrat and Chronicle newspaper stating, "This was history in the making as far away as we were concerned. I think it was the first time I saw the women's movement take a radical step for peace."[9] She donated the negatives from the photos she took to the Schlesinger Library in 2015.[10]
Feminist photography
[edit]Cataldo is well known for her feminist photography and has participated in numerous art shows.[11] She has taken photos of feminist events since 1969.[12]
1976-1977
[edit]In 1976, Cataldo's work was featured at Sister Bear Bookstore in Liverpool, New York, alongside the work of Ruth Putter, Ginny Lloyd, Courtney Frisse, and Judy Ivry.[13] In 1977, she participated in an exhibit at Le Moyne College Art Gallery.[14]
1980s
[edit]In 1984 her photo of anti-nuclear war protesters in Syracuse was published in the Syracuse Herald-Journal.[15] In 1986, Cataldo's photography was featured at Syracuse City Hall in an exhibit organized by the Syracuse Commission for Women.[16]
2002
[edit]In 2002, her work appeared at the Central Library in Syracuse.[17]
2010
[edit]In 2010, Cataldo hosted an art exhibit with Ruth Putter in Syracuse, New York at ArtRage Gallery.[18] In March of that year, she hosted an event about photography as social activism for radical women in San Francisco.[19]
2017-2018
[edit]Cataldo took photos of the fires in the North Bay region of California in 2017 and 2018.[20]
2025
[edit]Cataldo participated in a 2025 exhibit at SFAC Galleries in San Francisco.[21]
Personal life
[edit]Mima Cataldo is the daughter of Anthony Cataldo,[22] a lawyer, and Ada Cataldo who performed on Broadway.[23] She graduated from the University of Michigan in 1965 where she earned a degree in music.[12] Cataldo earned a master's degree from Columbia in 1972 and a Ph.D. from Syracuse University in social science in 1979.[12][24] While studying at Syracuse in 1978, Cataldo signed a letter of protest against Queen Farah from Iran coming to speak on campus to protest the Pahlavi Dynasty.[25]
References
[edit]- ↑ Fauxsmith, Jennifer. "Research Guides: Catching the Wave: Photographs of the Women's Movement: Home". guides.library.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2026-09-12.
- 1 2 "Artist Statement". Mima Cataldo. Retrieved 2026-09-12.
- ↑ Brandt, Deborah; Cataldo, Mima; Curry, Timothy (2024-07-02). "Remembering Howie". Visual Studies. 39 (3): 397–398. doi:10.1080/1472586X.2024.2356484. ISSN 1472-586X.
- ↑ Mazur, Allan; Rosa, Eugene; Faupel, Mark; Heller, Joshua; Leen, Russell; Thurman, Blake (1980). "Physiological Aspects of Communication Via Mutual Gaze". American Journal of Sociology. 86 (1). The University of Chicago Press: 50–74. ISSN 0002-9602.
- ↑ Michele, Hershe (2014-11-07). "DIGITAL ARCHIVE of the Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace & Justice (WEFPJ): HeRSToRy 085 Mima Cataldo". DIGITAL ARCHIVE of the Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace & Justice (WEFPJ). Retrieved 2026-09-12.
- ↑ Mazur, Allan; Conant, Beverlie (1978). "Controversy over a Local Nuclear Waste Repository". Social Studies of Science. 8 (2). Sage Publications, Ltd.: 235–243. ISSN 0306-3127.
- 1 2 3 4 Cataldo, Mima, ed. (1987). The Women's encampment for a future of peace and justice: images and writings. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN 978-0-87722-422-8.
- ↑ "The Women's encampment for a future of peace and justice: images and writings". searchworks.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2026-09-19.
- ↑ Negrea, Sherrie (June 28, 1987). "Cry for Peace Still Echos at Seneca Site". Sunday Democrat and Chronicle.
- ↑ "Papers of Mima Caldo, 1983-2015". Schlesinger Library at Harvard.
- ↑ "Resistors: Power to the people!". Bay Area Reporter. Retrieved 2026-09-19.
- 1 2 3 "Mima Cataldo - Sonoma County Library Digital Archives --Archivos digitales de la Biblioteca del Condado de Sonoma". digital.sonomalibrary.org. Retrieved 2026-09-12.
- ↑ "Photo Art on Display". Syracuse Herald-Journal. October 31, 1976.
- ↑ "Women's Photos to be Exhibited". Syracuse Herald-Journal. August 29, 1977.
- ↑ "Voices of Protest". Syracuse Herald-Journal. April 8, 1984.
- ↑ "City Hall Showcases Art by Syracuse Area Women". Syracuse Herald American Stars Magazine. June 29, 1986.
- ↑ "Libraries". The Post Standard. January 27, 2002.
- ↑ "ArtRage Gallery". Post Standard, Syracuse, New York. May 1, 2010.
- ↑ "Photography as Social Activism". San Francisco Chronicle. March 25, 2010.
- ↑ LensCulture, Mima Cataldo |. "Mima Cataldo". LensCulture. Retrieved 2026-09-12.
- ↑ "Mima Cataldo - Life, Art & Legacy | MutualArt". www.mutualart.com. Retrieved 2026-09-12.
- ↑ "Death Notice of Anthony Cataldo". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. April 30, 1991.
- ↑ "Ada Cataldo Funeral Service". Daytona Beach News-Journal. March 27, 2002.
- ↑ "Five Women Artists Display Photos Here". Le Moyne College Dolphin & Piper. September 16, 1977.
- ↑ "Protest Award". Syracuse Herald-Journal. September 22, 1978.