silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions:
H x W (print): 23 × 18 1/2 in. (58.4 × 47 cm)
H x W x D (frame): 29 1/8 × 25 1/8 × 1 3/4 in. (74 × 63.8 × 4.4 cm)
Type:
gelatin silver prints
Place depicted:
Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
Date:
2016 / 2017
Description:
A black-and-white silver gelatin silver print depicting a crowd of demonstrators outside Northwestern High School during the Flint water crisis. At center is a hazardous waste barrel with two signs reading [LEAD] on either side of a sign with the hazardous waste symbol. To the right of the barrel is an individual dressed in white haz-mat suit with face mask. To the left of the barrel is a little boy in a black t-shirt. Another individual in a white haz-mat suit, partially unzipped, stands behind the barrel. There is a large clear recycling bag full of empty plastic water bottles next to the barrel. In the background, a crowd of demonstrators stand behind caution tape holding signs. One sign held aloft reads [FLINT LIVES MATTER]. There are no marks or inscriptions, front or back.
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
