Springboard to a Dream
- Photograph by
- White, John H., American, born 1945
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- photographic gelatin and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image and sheet): 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
- Description
- A black and white photographic print of two children doing back flips outside. Two boys are suspended upside down in the air as they flip backward in front of a pile of mattress springs. They are both wearing long-sleeve shirts, pants and sneakers. The boy on the left is wearing pants, a long-sleeve shirt and a hat. The boy on the right is wearing dark pants, a long-sleeve collared shirt and sneakers. The brick wall of a building is behind them is in the background. The back of the photograph is stamped with [(c) PHOTOGRAPH BY / JOHN H. WHITE].
- Place captured
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Children
- Photography
- Play
- Urban life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of John H. White/Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photojournalist
- Object number
- 2016.118.11
- Restrictions & Rights
- © John H. White
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.