Untitled
- Photograph by
- White, John H., American, born 1945
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1970-1989
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 10 1/2 × 16 in. (26.7 × 40.6 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 11 × 17 in. (27.9 × 43.2 cm)
- Description
- A black and white photographic print of women setting up communion at church. At the bottom of this aerial photograph, two women are stand at the alter. One is carrying a stack of communion ware and the other has her hand on the open bible that's standing on the table. Both women are wearing printed floral dresses. Behind them on the right other women are laying communion linen. There is a woman standing at the pulpit wearing a floral dress. On the far left in the top right corner, group of women are handling a plastic cover. There are no inscrptions, front or back.
- Place collected
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Christianity
- Communities
- 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
- 2016.118.24
- Restrictions & Rights
- © John H. White
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.