Birmingham, Alabama, May 1963
Photograph
1963 (photographed)
1963 (photographed)
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Black and white photograph of a group of black students posing on a busy park pathway; a young man holds a pile of books, a girl in a checked dress stands with her hand on hip.
Object details
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| Title | Birmingham, Alabama, May 1963 (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Gelatin-silver print |
| Brief description | Black and white photograph of black students posing Kelly Ingram Park, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, photographed by Ernst Haas, 1963 |
| Physical description | Black and white photograph of a group of black students posing on a busy park pathway; a young man holds a pile of books, a girl in a checked dress stands with her hand on hip. |
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| Gallery label | Photography Centre, 2018-20:
Collection in Focus: John and Judith Hillelson
1930s–1970s
The Hillelson collection includes some of the most significant works of photojournalism from the 20th century. John Hillelson (1923–2012) founded the John Hillelson Agency in London’s Fleet Street in 1958. He was also the London agent for Magnum Photos, a cooperative that brings together photojournalists from across the world. His wife Judith (1930–2010) ran the agency's extensive picture library, from which this collection is drawn.
The agency collaborated with weekly magazine editors to publish photo-reportage, a genre that flourished in the 1930s with the invention of smaller, more portable cameras and new printing technology. The Hillelsons gained a reputation for presenting lesser-known work such as the pictures of apartheid, smuggled out of South Africa by Ernest Cole in 1966 and 1967. The Hillelson collection comprises key images from the agency’s library and reflects their position as leading advocates of human interest photography.
21. Ernst Haas (1921–86)
Birmingham, Alabama, May 1963
1963
Gelatin silver print
Museum no. E.92-2003
(10/2018) |
| Credit line | Given by John and Judith Hillelson |
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| Accession number | E.92-2003 |
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| Record created | May 13, 2003 |
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