Llanito, New Mexico
Artist
Danny Lyon
(American, born 1942)
Printer
Chuck Kelton
(American, b. 1952)
Date1970 (printed 2019)
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensions11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Object number2024.18.2
DescriptionLandscape with mountains in background, small house in middle ground, and deteriorating old truck in foreground. A lone boy has arms raised from shooting a ball toward a basketball hoop in the in the dirt yard.eMuseum Notes
El Llanito is a village near Bernalillo, New Mexico, where Lyon and his wife built an adobe house in the early 1970s. During that first decade, Lyon often photographed and filmed the children growing up there. His first film in New Mexico was also titled “Llanito” (1971) and included twelve-year-old Danny Jaramillo who became one of Lyon’s main subjects.
This image juxtaposes the lack of economic and social resources against a backdrop of picturesque mountains, a stark image of co-existing realities in many New Mexico neighborhoods. But it also captures the freedom of time alone with nothing particular to do except shoot baskets in your yard.
On View
Not on viewTerms
- natural landscapes
- trucks
- mountains
- houses
- boys
- basketballs
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