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Washington Square
Dave Heath (mentioned on object), 1960
Some photographs are powerful because they so poignantly represent, symbolize or encapsulate a time and place. They are icons of their own day, and record the spirit of the times like a seismograph. This is what this photograph of a crouching boy in Washington Square does. The photographer Dave Heath became known with A Dialogue with Solitude (1965), his photo book exploring poverty and loneliness, in which he wrote: ‘I have tried to touch upon this malaise d'age.’
- Artwork typephotograph
- Object numberRP-F-2012-37
- Dimensionsheight 249 mm x width 170 mm, height 354 mm x width 280 mm
- Physical characteristicsontwikkelgelatinezilverdruk