W. Eugene Smith

Spanish Spinner

1950, printed 1951

A black and white photograph depicting two women engaged in traditional yarn spinning. The woman in the foreground is using a spindle and distaff while blowing into a long pipe, possibly to aid in the spinning process, while the woman in the background focuses on her handiwork. Both are dressed in dark, traditional clothing and are seated outside against a rustic wooden and stone backdrop.

A black and white photograph depicting two women engaged in traditional yarn spinning. The woman in the foreground is using a spindle and distaff while blowing into a long pipe, possibly to aid in the spinning process, while the woman in the background focuses on her handiwork. Both are dressed in dark, traditional clothing and are seated outside against a rustic wooden and stone backdrop.

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Date
1950, printed 1951

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 10 7/8in. (35.2 × 27.6 cm) Image: 13 7/16 × 9 9/16in. (34.1 × 24.3 cm)

Accession number
93.132

Series
Spanish Village: It Lives in Ancient Poverty and Faith

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Susan Unterberg

Rights and reproductions
© W. Eugene Smith, “Magnum Photos, New York”

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