Consists primarily of mounted black-and-white photographs by Marc Gaede for his books Images from the Southwest (1986), Bordertowns (1988), and Images from the Great West (1990). Most photographs depict landscapes in various locations across the American West, Southwest, and northern Mexico; others include portraits of artists, writers, and indigenous people living in these areas. There are also several portraits of Marc and Marnie Gaede with family and friends, including Ansel and Virginia Adams, Beaumont Newhall, and A.B. Guthrie, Jr., as well as several other prints by Marc Gaede that did not appear in his books. Most photographs range from 8x10" to 15x19" in size and are mounted on somewhat larger boards, but twenty-seven large photographs (20x24" prints mounted on 28x34" boards) are also present for Images from the Southwest and Images from the Great West. Photograph titles are usually handwritten by Gaede on the back of mounted prints. When present, these titles were transcribed directly into the finding aid and generally reflect the titles of photographs as they were published in Gaede's books, with minor variations. When no title was present on a print, a title was supplied based on the title of the published image. Some mounted prints have discarded prints of different photographs mounted on the reverse side, which are untitled and often crossed or slashed out.