Gilles Peress

Evacuation of the Jews, Skanderia, Sarajevo, Bosnia
1993

A black and white photograph showing multiple hands pressed against a window, with reflections and textures on the glass surface creating a layered, abstract effect. One hand is prominently placed near the center, while others appear more faintly in the background. The scene outside the window is indistinct, suggesting movement or a fleeting moment captured.

A black and white photograph showing multiple hands pressed against a window, with reflections and textures on the glass surface creating a layered, abstract effect. One hand is prominently placed near the center, while others appear more faintly in the background. The scene outside the window is indistinct, suggesting movement or a fleeting moment captured.

Not on view

Date
1993

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 16 × 19 7/8in. (40.6 × 50.5 cm) Image: 12 13/16 × 18 15/16in. (32.5 × 48.1 cm)

Accession number
98.47.9

Series
Farewell to Bosnia Series/ Flashpoints: Selected Images of Gilles Peress Portfolio

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Ronald B. and Susan N. Milch

Rights and reproductions
© Gilles Peress, “Magnum Photos, New York”

API
artworks/11929

Exhibitions

Full House: Views of the Whitney’s Collection at 75

June 29–Sept 3, 2006

Gilles Peress
13 works in the collection

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