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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon  EOS 5D Mark II digital slr-2011.
An out-of-uniform Tonton Macoute with an Uzi machine gun harasses a crowd
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon  EOS 5D Mark II digital slr-2011.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital slr-2011.

An out-of-uniform Tonton Macoute with an Uzi machine gun harasses a crowd

Artist Danny Lyon (American, b. 1942)
CultureAmerican
Date1983-1986, printed later
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 8 11/16 × 13 in. (22.1 × 33 cm)
Overall, Paper: 10 7/8 × 14 in. (27.6 × 35.6 cm)
SignedPrinter's stamp, with negative and print date and signature in graphite on verso
Credit LineGift of George Stephanopoulos
Object number2010.10.8
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a black and white photograph of a man, facing away from the camera and holding a machine gun, standing in front of of a group of onlookers.
Published ReferencesDanny Lyon, _Merci Gonaives_, (Clintondale, New York: Bleak Beauty Books, 1988), 16.