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AdmittedAllan Sekula · May 1990
Before you is Shipyard-workers' housing--built during the Second World War--being moved from San Pedro to South-Central Los Angeles from the series Fish Story — a photograph by Sekula, May nineteen ninety. The piece is silver dye bleach print, about 82 by 57 centimeters. In the picture, look for the interior room and the door.
Medium Silver dye bleach print · Dimensions 32 1/8 × 22 5/8 (81.6 × 57.5 cm) · Credit Vital Projects Fund, Robert B. Menschel
Hanging beside it in Gallery 208: 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
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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