Carnival Strippers: Photographs by Susan Meiselas

May 27–Sept 10, 2000

Woman in the foreground watches as a performer sings while a dancer in platform heels stands on stage.
Woman in the foreground watches as a performer sings while a dancer in platform heels stands on stage.

Susan Meiselas, Patty's Show, Tunbridge, Vermont, 1974. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm) Image: 7 5/8 × 11 1/2 in. (19.4 × 29.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee 2000.32. © Susan Meiselas, Magnum Photos, New York.

Carnival Strippers: Photographs by Susan Meiselas was curated by Sylvia Wolf.

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