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Abandoned Children in the Streets of Santa Marta, Colombia

1972, printed 1979

Danny Lyon

(American, 1942-)
Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Image: 22 x 33 cm (8 11/16 x 13 in.); Paper: 27.6 x 35.3 cm (10 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan and Monah L. Gettner 2017.259
Copyright
Copyright
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Visiting Colombia in 1972, Lyon photographed and made a film about a group of abandoned children who slept on the cathedral steps and “lived off garbage and had absolutely nothing except a few pieces of string that they kept under a manhole cover they called the oficina (office).”

Abandoned Children in the Streets of Santa Marta, Colombia

1972, printed 1979

Danny Lyon

(American, 1942-)
America

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