"Pancake," a former shipyard sandblaster, scavenging copper from a waterfront scrapyard. Los Angeles harbor. Terminal Island, California from the series Fish Story

Allan Sekula · November 1992

This is "Pancake," a former shipyard sandblaster, scavenging copper from a waterfront scrapyard. Los Angeles harbor. Terminal Island, California from the series Fish Story — a photograph by Sekula, November nineteen ninety-two. It's silver dye bleach print, about 61 by 78 centimeters.

Medium Silver dye bleach print · Dimensions Approx 24 1/8 × 30 5/8 × 1 3/4" (61.3 × 77.8 × 4.4 cm) · Credit Vital Projects Fund, Robert B. Menschel

Hanging beside it in Gallery 208: Hammerhead crane unloading forty-foot containers from Asian ports. American President Lines terminal. Los Angeles harbor. San Pedro, California from the series Fish Story, Text panel from the series Fish Story

Works like this one elsewhere in the museum: New York, Bricklayer, Diego Rivera, Frida Rivera, Frida Kahlo, The Architect [Hans Poelzig]

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