Downtown, Whiteclay, Nebraska
Artist
David Michael Kennedy
(American; born Nassau, New York, born 1950)
Date2003
MediumGelatin silver print, toned
DimensionsImage: 17 1/4 × 22 1/2 in. (43.8 × 57.2 cm)
Support: 24 3/8 × 29 1/2 in. (61.9 × 74.9 cm)
Mat: 24 3/8 × 29 1/2 in. (61.9 × 74.9 cm)
Support: 24 3/8 × 29 1/2 in. (61.9 × 74.9 cm)
Mat: 24 3/8 × 29 1/2 in. (61.9 × 74.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Don Moritz, 2022
Object number2022.13.18
DescriptionView of town street with two men walking on snowy sidewalk in foreground. Both are wearing ajckets and hats. At left and right edges of composition are buildings an utility poles on either side of the street. Vignetting effect leaves darker areas at corner of image with an approximately circular highlighted space at center.eMuseum Notes
Kennedy made this photograph in a town in Nebraska that is located a couple of miles across the border with South Dakota and the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. When alcohol consumption and possession were banned on the reservation, liquor stores in nearby Whiteclay profited from residents coming across the border to drink and buy alcohol. It wasn’t until 2017 that their licenses were revoked.
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David Michael Kennedy
Negatives 1991, prints 1996, issued as portfolio 1996