The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 28, 2024
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.)
Gift of Alan and Monah L. Gettner 2017.259
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).”- {{cite web|title=Abandoned Children in the Streets of Santa Marta, Colombia|url=false|author=Danny Lyon|year=1972, printed 1979|access-date=28 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2017.259