New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Untitled, From West Virginia Series

Artist Bruce Davidson (American, born 1933)

Artist Sara Macel (American, born 1981)

Dateca. 1964

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 4 15/16 × 7 1/2 in. (12.5 × 19.1 cm)
Overall, Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Tazewell

Object number82.100.31

Terms

Unknown

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Not on view

DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print photograph. A very dark image. Barely visible is an elderly white man inside a coal mine. He wears a helmet with the light on. Another beam of light, most likely from another helmet light, reflects onto coal in the foreground.