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Girl with Haircurlers and Mother, Miami Tropic
Creator
Mary Ellen MarkAmerican Photographer · 1940–2015
All works by this person →> From my earliest days as a photographer, many of my subjects have been on the edge of or outside the mainstream of our culture. Some of them were pushed over the edge due to painful circumstances and some of them managed to survive even with the most unspeakable and unjust obstacles placed in their lives. I've always tried to let my photographs be a voice for people who have less of an opportuni
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- negative 1986; print later, before 2015
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- fe8963e3-ca21-4cfa-8345-d428bb2911b1
Lourdes Suarez on the way up to a child fashion show, waiting for the elevator. A young girl in a dress with curlers in her hair holds the hand of a taller figure in a dress who is only shown from chest to knees.
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