Photograph by
Allen, Devin, American, born 1989
Subject of
Unidentified
Sioux, Sarah, American
Date
December 1, 2015
Medium
digital
Dimensions
H x W: 4320 pixels × 6480 pixels
File size: 160.23 MB
Caption
Rainy Days in Baltimore :: #imagelogger :: #DVNLLN - Devin Allen (@bydvnlln), Instagram, 12/01/2015.
Description
A color digital photograph by Devin Allen of an unidentified person walking past an illustration painted on a blighted building in Baltimore, Maryland, by artist Sarah Sioux. The person holds a large black umbrella over their head, obscuring their face, and walks toward the right side of the frame on a brick sidewalk. Behind the person is a building with boarded up doors and windows. Signs and stickers are adhered to the boarded windows around a large black and white mural of a person's face wearing a baseball cap backwards and surrounded by meandering lengths of chain with snake heads on the end, referencing the mythical character Medusa. Blue handwritten text on the cheeks of the illustration reads "George Clinton / says the same / help the homeless / [illegible signature]" and "Stop / Denying / Homeless / [illegible] / Are / Around !!!".
160.23 MB
Place captured
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
digital images
digital media - born digital
Topic
Architecture
Art
Local and regional
Photography
Urban life
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Devin Allen
Object number
2016.98.25
Restrictions & Rights
© Devin Allen
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd51b42dd64-0501-40ba-a64e-89171679f0d0

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