Photograph by
Espada, Frank, Puerto Rican, 1930 - 2014
Subject of
Sister Teresa
Date
1964
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W: 7 × 10 in. (17.8 × 25.4 cm)
Description
A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a crowd on the street listening to a Pentecostal service directly in front of a building with the house number [364]. At the center of the image and the crowd is a young woman, Sister Teresa, at a podium with a microphone held on her proper left hand and her proper right hand gesturing the crowd. She is wearing a white shirt with a collar and a vertically stripped blazer. The podium top is covered in a white lace, crochet-like table runner with books on top. Hanging in front of the podium is a fabric banner with [2 º… 2:22] at the top.
At the center of the banner is [SOCIEDAD DE JOVENES / EMBAJADORES DE …]. Below it is a large, circular emblem reading [CRISTO PARA TODOS / TODOS PARA CRISTO]. Flanked on either side of the stage are two flags; on the left is the United States flag, on the right is an unknown flag.
Behind Sister Teresa on the stage are people with musical instruments, a group of youth dressed similarly like a choir, and a family leaning out of the building’s window. There are people seated at the entrance of the building’s doorway, with people also standing in front of the stage and on the sides.
There are no inscriptions on the front of the print. An inscription on the back is only a vertical drawn line at the center.
Place depicted
East New York, New York City, Kings County, New York, United States, North and Central America
Cultural Place
Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
Portfolio/Series
The Puerto Rican Diaspora Documentary Project
Classification
Media Arts-Photography
Type
gelatin silver prints
Topic
Communities
Pentecostal
Photography
Preaching
Religion
Urban life
Worship services
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
Object number
2021.53.17
Restrictions & Rights
© Estate of Frank Espada
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5541ac1d2-230b-4a89-bf4c-ff9d3a10bb90

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