Five white girls with hair in curlers and Negro man
name: label: maker
content: Friedlander, Lee
notes: label: Description
content: One of the few examples that feature a subject of Friedlander’s looking directly at him, this photograph may initially take the viewer off guard. Friedlander’s technique of using a small, quiet camera and shooting quickly usually provided him with some ability to go unnoticed by people around him. In this case, the photograph captures a moment where the subject’s direct gaze makes the implied presence of the photographer the sixth person in the group. Friedlander captures the contrast in the group that is conveyed not only by the color of their skin, but by what they wear. The colors in the photograph are divided by white on the right, black on the left, adding a strong visual component to the image. Friedlander usually often conveys the current social landscape in America in his photographs, and this image is no exception. The division that can be seen in the photograph possibly reflects the division of the country during an era of segregation.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PG.69.101.5
label: accession number
content: 298692
label: catalog number
content: 69.101.5
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 in x 15 in; 45.72 cm x 38.1 cm