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Danville, Virginia

Emmet Gowin

Artwork Details

Danville, Virginia
1966
Emmet Gowin
gelatin silver print on paper
4 5/16 in x 5 1/2 in (10.95 cm x 13.97 cm)
Gift of The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation, in memory of Morris D. Baker, a graduate of The University of Michigan School of Architecture, 1952
2000/2.139.2

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Subject Matter:

Emmet Gowin studied under photographer Harry Callahan at Rhode Island School of Design, inspiring his early work. After his marriage to Edith Morris in 1964, he produced a series of photographs of her and her family in Danville, Virginia. The series focuses on the intimacy between his chosen subjects. 

Physical Description:

A photograph of two adolescents, one male, one female, standing side-by-side in front of an automobile.

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