Susan Meiselas

Competing for Clients, Tunbridge, Vermont
1975

Black and white photograph of three people at what appears to be an outdoor event, possibly a fair or carnival. On the left, a man sits on a striped surface with a contemplative expression. In the center, a woman stands on a platform next to a large speaker, wearing a bikini and sheer fabric around her waist, with her hair blowing in the wind. On the right, another woman is seated, dressed in a dark outfit with a sparkling top. In the background, there are tents and a forested hill under a cloudy sky.

Black and white photograph of three people at what appears to be an outdoor event, possibly a fair or carnival. On the left, a man sits on a striped surface with a contemplative expression. In the center, a woman stands on a platform next to a large speaker, wearing a bikini and sheer fabric around her waist, with her hair blowing in the wind. On the right, another woman is seated, dressed in a dark outfit with a sparkling top. In the background, there are tents and a forested hill under a cloudy sky.

Not on view

Date
1975

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 11 × 14in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm) Image: 7 5/8 × 11 7/16in. (19.4 × 29.1 cm)

Accession number
2000.31

Series
Carnival Strippers

Edition
Vintage

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Susan Meiselas, Magnum Photos, New York.

API
artworks/12555

Exhibitions

Carnival Strippers: Photographs by Susan Meiselas

May 26–Sept 9, 2000

Susan Meiselas
14 works in the collection

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