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Series Title: East 100th Street

Untitled

1966–1968

Bruce Davidson

(American, b. 1933)
Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Image: 26.7 x 34.1 cm (10 1/2 x 13 7/16 in.); Paper: 28 x 35.4 cm (11 x 13 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of an anonymous donor 2018.865
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
Print
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Did You Know?

Davidson’s photographs of Spanish Harlem were used as evidence of squalid housing conditions in claims against New York City.

Description

Davidson spent two years photographing in Spanish Harlem, attempting to integrate himself into the daily lives of its residents. In the past he had used a 35mm camera, but here he turned to a large-format, 4 x 5-inch camera, which requires a tripod and slows down the act of photographing, making the session more of a shared experience, a give and take.
A horizontally oriented black-and-white photograph depicts ten people with medium skin tones picnicking by a river. A man reclines in a hammock suspended between a tree on our left and a line on our right. Nine others, including a child and a baby, sit or stand nearby with picnic gear and a stroller. Industrial buildings line the far shore, while litter is scattered across the dirt foreground.

Untitled

1966–1968

Bruce Davidson

(American, b. 1933)
America

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