- Created by
- DeCarava, Roy, American, 1919 - 2009
- Subject of
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- 1973; printed 1982
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 12 × 9 in. (30.5 × 22.9 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 13 15/16 × 11 in. (35.4 × 27.9 cm)
- Description
- A black and white gelatin silver photograph titled “Night Feeding” by Roy DeCarava. The photograph captures a woman, with her face illuminated, looking down at an infant in her arms who she is breastfeeding. The photograph is signed by the artist in the front, lower right corner: [© 1982 Roy DeCarava].
- Place captured
- Brooklyn, New York City, Brooklyn County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Families
- Motherhood
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Estate of Carroll Parrott Blue
- Object number
- 2023.39.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Estate of Roy DeCarava
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




