Mary Francis Hill Coley, American, 1900 - 1966 Search this
Martha Butler Sapp, American, 1932 - 2003 Search this
Medium:
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions:
H x W (Image): 14 1/2 x 19 in. (36.8 x 48.3 cm)
H x W (Sheet): 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Type:
gelatin silver prints
Place depicted:
Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1952; printed 2005
Description:
Black and white image of three (3) adults and one (1) child. On the left half of the image, Martha Sapp holds a child. She is standing with her eyes closed and her proper right hand covering the head of the baby resting on her shoulders. She wears a dark dress with short sleeves. She also wears a round, white earring in her proper right ear. The child in her arms wears a light-colored outfit and is crying into the woman's neck. On the right half of the image is a man with his back to the camera. He wears a dark jacket and stands in front of an arrangement of flowers. Right of the woman is a man looking at the man whose back is turned. He wears a light-colored suit, white shirt, and patterned tie. In the background, in the bottom right corner, is a crowd of people seated, out of focused.
