Mitch Epstein

Tonawanda, New York, 1974
1974

A large plume of smoke rises from behind a two-story building with a "MOTEL" sign in the foreground. Onlookers, including a family with two children, watch the scene from across the street under a clear sky with puffy clouds. Firefighting efforts are visible with a fire truck and a ladder extended towards the smoke. The scene is bathed in the warm glow of the sun, casting long shadows on the pavement.
A large plume of smoke rises from behind a two-story building with a "MOTEL" sign in the foreground. Onlookers, including a family with two children, watch the scene from across the street under a clear sky with puffy clouds. Firefighting efforts are visible with a fire truck and a ladder extended towards the smoke. The scene is bathed in the warm glow of the sun, casting long shadows on the pavement.

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Date
1974

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Dye transfer print

Dimensions
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 20in. (40.3 × 50.8 cm) Image: 12 × 17 3/4in. (30.5 × 45.1 cm)

Accession number
2017.258.22

Series
Recreation

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Greg S. Feldman and Richard Frary

Rights and reproductions
© Mitch Epstein

API
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Mitch Epstein
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