- Artist/Maker:
- Marvin E. Newman
- Bio:
- American, b. 1927
- Title:
- Halloween, South Side
- Date:
- 1951, printed c. 1951
- Medium:
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm) Image: 7 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (19.4 × 24.1 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Purchase: Photography Acquisitions Committee Fund
- Accession Number:
- 2011-11
- Copyright:
- © Marvin E. Newman
Not On View
This eerie image of children on Halloween hints at racial tensions at the dawn of the civil-rights struggle. The effect is heightened by the tight cropping, the children’s anxious expressions, and the close juxtaposition of masked and unmasked faces.
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