- Photograph by
- Frazier, LaToya Ruby, American, born 1982
- Subject of
- Cobb, Shea, American, born 1984
- Brown, Zion, American
- Date
- 2016-2017
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on polyvinyl chloride
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 40 × 30 in. (101.6 × 76.2 cm)
- H x W (board): 44 × 34 in. (111.8 × 86.4 cm)
- Description
- A gelatin silver print depicting bottled water being poured into the mouth of a little girl, Zion Cobb. Cobb is shown from the shoulders up in a quarter-turn away from the viewer. She is wearing a dark colored shirt. She has her head tipped back and her mouth wide open as a larger hand from the upper left margin hold a plastic water bottle and pours some of its contents into the little girl’s mouth. There are no marks or inscriptions, front or back.
- Place depicted
- Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- Flint is Family
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Art
- Children
- Communities
- Domestic life
- Families
- Government
- Health
- Photography
- Race discrimination
- U.S. History, 2001-
- Urban life
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, purchased through the American Women's History Initiative Acquisitions Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative
- Object number
- 2021.60.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Copyright © LaToya Ruby Frazier
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




