Louis H. Draper

Fannie Lou Hamer, Mississippi
c. 1960

A black and white photograph of a woman standing outdoors with a contemplative expression. She is wearing a patterned blouse and is positioned to the left of the frame, with a dirt road stretching into the distance on her right. The background is overexposed, giving the image a high-contrast appearance.

A black and white photograph of a woman standing outdoors with a contemplative expression. She is wearing a patterned blouse and is positioned to the left of the frame, with a dirt road stretching into the distance on her right. The background is overexposed, giving the image a high-contrast appearance.

Not on view

Date
c. 1960

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 15/16in. (27.8 × 35.4 cm) Image: 7 × 10 1/4in. (17.8 × 26 cm)

Accession number
2016.145

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

Rights and reproductions
© Louis H. Draper Preservation Trust

API
artworks/49785

Exhibitions

Working Together: The Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop

Nov 21, 2020–Mar 28, 2021
An Incomplete History of Protest: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1940–2017

Aug 18, 2017–Aug 27, 2018

Louis H. Draper
4 works in the collection

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