Photograph by
Freed, Leonard, American, 1929 - 2006
Subject of
Unidentified Man or Men
Unidentified Woman or Women
20th Anniversary March on Washington, founded 1983
Printed by
Freed, Brigitte, American
Inirio, Pablo
Date
August 27, 1983; printed 2013
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (Image): 8 3/4 × 13 in. (22.2 × 33 cm)
H x W (Sheet): 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)
Description
A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of participants wading in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool during the twentieth anniversary of the March on Washington, August 27, 1983. In the foreground of the image is a woman centrally depicted standing in the Reflecting Pool with her back to the viewer. The woman is wearing a medium toned short sleeve shirt and shorts. She is standing with her back to the viewer with her face turned in profile towards the left side of the image. She is facing a shirtless man who is leaning towards the water with his proper left hand on one hip and his proper right hand partially in the water. There is a diagonal line of six (6) fountain spouts spraying water extending from the right foreground to the left middle ground. Several more participants are standing behind the man and the woman in the water.
On the verso of the image are handwritten inscriptions that provide the image date, event information, location, image number, the name of the printer, and the signature of the donor. There are also two (2) stamp marks in black ink in the bottom right corner of the verso.
Place captured
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Place printed
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Portfolio/Series
USA. Second March on Washington.
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
gelatin silver prints
Topic
Activism
Civil rights
Local and regional
Photography
Politics
Race relations
U.S. History, 1969-2001
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Brigitte Freed in memory of Leonard Freed
Object number
2016.123.2.17
Restrictions & Rights
© Leonard Freed & Magnum Photos, Inc
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5098cdc95-b364-4b66-8d0d-0b9887d11af4

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