silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions:
H x W (Image): 13 15/16 × 11 in. (35.4 × 27.9 cm)
Type:
gelatin silver prints
portraits
Place depicted:
Marion County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1970
Caption:
Martha Olson graduated from Northwestern University with her B.A. in Art in 1969, and within a year, she was working more than 800 miles away as the girls’ physical education teacher at Marion High School in Columbia, Mississippi. It was the first year of integration in Mississippi public schools. During that time, Olson photographed local students, their relatives, and other residents of Marion County, which she later compiled into a series entitled, "Marion County Mississippi: 1970-1971."
Description:
A black and white photograph of Deloris Porter. Porter is standing near a trough and is bent over looking up towards the camera. She has her proper left hand on top of a large pig. The pig is at the trough and has three piglets suckling at her side. On the back of the photograph are handwritten inscriptions identifying the subject, date, and photographer.
