Frank Espada, Untitled (Standing on a bucket, Blake Avenue, East New York), 1964, gelatin silver print, 5 3⁄4 × 8 3⁄4 in. (14.6 × 22.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2015.22.7, © 1964, Frank Espada Photography
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Untitled (Standing on a bucket, Blake Avenue, East New York)
- Artist
- Date
- 1964
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 5 3⁄4 × 8 3⁄4 in. (14.6 × 22.2 cm)
- Copyright
- © 1964, Frank Espada Photography
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center
- Mediums Description
- gelatin silver print
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Object — furniture — trash can
- Cityscape — New York — New York
- Cityscape — street
- Recreation — sport and play
- Dress — accessory — hat
- Portrait male — unidentified — child
- Architecture Exterior
- Object — other — container
- Object Number
- 2015.22.7
Exhibitions
May 11, 2017–August 5, 2017
America’s urban streets have long inspired documentary photographers. After World War II, populations shifted from the city to the suburbs and newly built highways cut through thriving neighborhoods, leaving isolated pockets within major urban centers.