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Tent City, Houston, Texas
Creator
Joel SternfeldAmerican Photographer · 1944–present
All works by this person →Joel Sternfeld is well known for large-format color photographs that extend the tradition of chronicling roadside America initiated by Walker Evans in the 1930s. Sternfeld's projects have consistently explored the possibility of a collective American identity by documenting ordinary people and places throughout the country. Each project he embarks on is bound by a concept that imbues it with subtl
More on Getty ULAN- Date
- January 1983
- Medium
- Chromogenic print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 1c439fba-9bae-492f-991b-6ac25fcfe369
Half-length portrait of a woman sitting outside of a tent made out of plywood, metal rods, and plastic sheeting. She wears a white t-shirt, grey sweatshirt, and jeans. She folds her hands in her lap and looks directly out at the camera.
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