Al Fennar, Out of the Dark/Bowery, 1967

Miya Fennar: My dad saw this gentleman walking and I guess the shadows were just right from whatever was behind him to hit that fence.

Narrator: Albert Fennar died in 2018. This is his daughter, Miya Fennar. 

Miya Fennar: There was very little architecture and it left lots of room for interpretation. You don't know if he's coming, if he's going, but wherever he's going, he's going into the light because the light fence is in front of him. You could take this image and have lots of philosophical discussions on it, for sure.

I also know that this particular photograph, when the Kamoinge used to meet on a monthly basis, they would critique each other's work. My father presents this image and left, apparently, everyone speechless. They studied it and they were just speechless. Between the textures, the blacks, the white, the white fence, the dark fence, the image of the individual, his cragginess, the package he's carrying underneath his arm, it left them with lots of discussion on how incredible this image is.