Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Brianna and Sammy

Artist Salvatore (Sal) Lopes (American, b. 1943)

CultureAmerican

DateSeptember 1992

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 8 11/16 × 12 3/4 in. (22.1 × 32.4 cm)
Overall, Support: 9 3/8 × 15 15/16 in. (23.8 × 40.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 1/16 × 20 in. (40.8 × 50.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of the artist

Object number94.31.2

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a black and white gelatin silver print depicting a child named Brianna who has a bird on her shoulder.

Label TextSal Lopes American (b. 1943) Brianna and Sammy, September 1992 Gelatin-silver print Gift of the Artist, Sal Lopes 94.31.2 Sal Lopes is a humanistic photographer who excels at photographing people. He has had two exhibitions organized by the Chrysler Museum, and is represented in the collection by both bodies of work: people drawn to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and those affected by AIDS. This image comes from his 1994 Chrysler Museum exhibition entitled Living with AIDS: A Photographic Journal, which was accompanied by a book of the same name, published by Bulfinch Press. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial work was shown at the Chrysler in 1987. The exhibition subsequently traveled to 11 other venues around the United States. That exhibition was accompanied by a book published by Collins. Twenty-five of his photographs, representing both bodies of work, are included in the Chrysler collection. Exhibition History"Living with Aids: A Photographic Journal by Sal Lopes," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., March 24 - June 5, 1994. "Recent Acquistions," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., December 10, 1994 - March 5, 1995. "Silver Images: The Photography Collection at 25," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., November 5, 2003 - August 2004. Published ReferencesSal Lopes, _Living With Aids: A Photographic Journal_ (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1994), 133.