The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 28, 2024

Abandoned Children in the Streets of Santa Marta, Colombia

Abandoned Children in the Streets of Santa Marta, Colombia

1972, printed 1979
(American, 1942-)
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.)
Location: not on view

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).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2017.259