Untitled
- Photograph by
- White, John H., American, born 1945
- Subject of
- Washington, Ernest J., American, died 1992
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- September 1981
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 9 7/16 × 15 1/4 in. (24 × 38.7 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 11 11/16 × 16 1/2 in. (29.7 × 41.9 cm)
- Description
- This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of a baptism in Lake Michigan in Chicago. At center, a group of worshippers from the Church of God in Harvey, Illinois stand in the shallow water of the lake with waves crashing behind them. Elder Ernest J. Washington stands with his arm raised, facing the shore as waves crash behind him. Next to him, the person to be baptised stands with her head bowed and her arms folded across her chest. There are are three people standing on either side of them and one person standing directly behind them. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
- Place collected
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Harvey, Cook County, Illinois, United States
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Christianity
- Photography
- Religion
- Religious rituals and ceremonies
- The Black Church
- 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
- 2016.118.22
- Restrictions & Rights
- © John H. White
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.