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Mexico
Creator
Milton RogovinAmerican Photographer · 1909–2011
All works by this person →Raised during the Great Depression, Milton Rogovin became politically active as a result of his impoverished childhood. He called himself a "social documentary photographer" and eventually devoted himself to photographing the segment of society he designated "the forgotten ones." Rogovin studied optometry at Columbia University, then opened a shop in Buffalo, New York, in 1938. He purchased his fi
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- 1953
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 65939e14-de43-4853-8dde-c9a59bd45c85
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View of a man in a hat leaning against a wall beside a doorway. He stands beside a large rolled bundle tied with twine as he leans one hand on the wall and holds the other up to his chin. Patches cover his large trousers and a bundle of rope hangs from his wrist.
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