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AdmittedAllan Sekula · November 1992
This is Abandoned shipyard used by Marine Corps Expeditionary Force for "counter-terrorist" exercises. Los Angeles harbor. Terminal Island, California from the series Fish Story — a photograph by Sekula, November nineteen ninety-two. The piece is silver dye bleach print, about 61 by 78 centimeters. In the picture, look for the house and the city street.
Medium Silver dye bleach print · Dimensions 24 1/8 × 30 5/8" (61.3 × 77.8 cm) · Credit Vital Projects Fund, Robert B. Menschel
Hanging beside it in Gallery 208: Remnants of a Roman harbor near Minturno, Italy from the series Fish Story, Testing robot-truck designed to move containers within automated ECT/Sea-Land cargo terminal. Maasvlakte, Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands from the series Fish Story
More by Allan Sekula here: Text panel from the series Fish Story, Text panel from the series Fish Story, Text panel from the series Fish Story, Welder's booth in bankrupt Todd Shipyard. Two years after closing. Los Angeles harbor. San Pedro, California from the series Fish Story, Boy looking at his mother. Staten Island Ferry. New York harbor from the series Fish Story, Boy looking at his mother. Staten Island Ferry. New York harbor from the series Fish Story
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