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Dock Worker, Havana
Dock Worker, Havana
Dock Worker, Havana

Dock Worker, Havana

Artist (American, 1903 - 1975)
Date1933 (printed 1971)
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/2 × 6 in. (19.1 × 15.2 cm)
Support: 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in. (21 × 16.5 cm)
Mat: 19 1/2 × 16 1/2 in. (49.5 × 41.9 cm)
Frame: 19 1/2 × 16 1/2 × 3/4 in. (49.5 × 41.9 × 1.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of the Ives Family in memory of Norman S. and Constance T. Ives, 2016
Object number2016.21.1
DescriptionClose view of a man with a light-colored bristly beard and a shaggy moustache. He is wearing a button-front shirt and a cap with holes in it. His face and clothing appear to be stained with coal dust. He is holding a shovel and another tool with a long handle up near his head.
eMuseum Notes
In 1933, Walker Evans traveled to Cuba to make photographs for a book by the radical journalist Carleton Beals. He took pictures primarily in Havana, capturing its landmarks, architecture and shop fronts but many of his images emphasize a culture of poverty that included breadlines, beggars, and workers in tattered clothing, such as this coal worker.
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Terms
  • portraits
  • workers
  • laborers
  • coal
  • tools
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