Street Champion

Earlie Hudnall, Jr., Street Champion, 1986, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1994.23.5, © 1986, Earlie Hudnall, Jr.
Earlie Hudnall, Jr., Street Champion, 1986, gelatin silver print, sheet: 1619 78 in. (40.750.4 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1994.23.5, © 1986, Earlie Hudnall, Jr.

Artwork Details

Title
Street Champion
Date
1986
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 1619 78 in. (40.750.4 cm.)
Copyright
© 1986, Earlie Hudnall, Jr.
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Mediums Description
gelatin silver print
Classifications
Subjects
  • Recreation — sport and play — baseball
  • Architecture Exterior — detail — porch
  • Cityscape — street
  • Occupation — domestic — laundry
  • Children
  • African American
  • Recreation — sport and play — boxing
  • Architecture Exterior — domestic — house
Object Number
1994.23.5

Artwork Description

Hudnall used juxtaposition and subtle contrast to create meaning in his pictures. In Street Champion a boy brandishing boxing gloves, a girl holding a baseball bat, and their friends mug for the photographer against a backdrop of drying laundry and carpeting. The brick street and crumbling porch supports framed by modern multi-storied buildings signal that they live in an aging residential pocket within an urban environment. But their smiling faces reveal that they are unconcerned about the impact of encroaching development on their carefree lives.


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