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AdmittedAllan Sekula · June 1992
You're looking at Remnants of a Roman harbor near Minturno, Italy from the series Fish Story — a photograph by Sekula, June nineteen ninety-two. It's silver dye bleach print, about 61 by 78 centimeters. In the picture, look for the beach and the sea.
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: Koreatown, Los Angeles from the series Fish Story, Abandoned shipyard used by Marine Corps Expeditionary Force for "counter-terrorist" exercises. Los Angeles harbor. Terminal Island, California from the series Fish Story
Works like this one elsewhere in the museum: Evening, Honfleur
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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Catalogue record: MoMA Collection Notes written for momap — not MoMA curatorial text.