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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon  EOS 5D Mark II digital slr-2011.
An out-of-uniform Tonton Macoute throws a looter down a flight of stairs
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 throws a looter down a flight of stairs

Artist Danny Lyon (American, b. 1942)
CultureAmerican
Date1983-1986, printed later
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 11 15/16 × 8 1/4 in. (30.3 × 21 cm)
Overall, Paper: 13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in. (35.4 × 27.6 cm)
SignedPrinter's stamp, with negative and print date and signature in graphite on verso
Credit LineGift of George Stephanopoulos
Object number2010.10.12
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a black and white diptych photograph of a man being thrown down a flight of stairs.
Published ReferencesDanny Lyon, _Merci Gonaives_, (Clintondale, New York: Bleak Beauty Books, 1988), 26.