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Lower East Side, New York

James H. Karales, 1969

This scene is as grim and dark as the life of the drug addicts portrayed here. In 1969 Karales spent time charting life on the street and in the run-down housing blocks in New York’s Lower East Side. Karales started out as the darkroom assistant of the famous master photographer W. Eugene Smith, and like him became a first rate printer of velvety shades of grey and black

  • Artwork typephotograph
  • Object numberRP-F-2014-22
  • Dimensionsheight 317 mm x width 503 mm, height 408 mm x width 507 mm x thickness 1 mm
  • Physical characteristicsontwikkelgelatinezilverdruk

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Drug Addicts, Lower East Side
    • Lower East Side, New York

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-F-2014-22

Creation

  • Creation

    photographer: James H. Karales, New York (city)

  • Dating

    1969

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    ontwikkelgelatinezilverdruk

  • Dimensions

    • height 317 mm x width 503 mm
    • height 408 mm x width 507 mm x thickness 1 mm

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Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of Baker McKenzie

  • Acquisition

    purchase 2014-07-03

  • Copyright

    erven James H. Karales

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