The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 12, 2025
Chicago (Young Black Man Smoking)
1970s
Location: Not on view
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Most photographers see their shots through the camera’s viewfinder.Description
Jay King looks through the viewfinder with his right eye and keeps his left eye open to see what is happening. That is how he captures scenes and people at just the right moment. He wandered the streets of Chicago for over two decades seeking not newsworthy moments but non-events—interesting “thin slices of time” that reflect the culture of the time or a mood or expression like this young man smoking on a summer day.- ?-2011(Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago, IL), sold to Carl and Joan Schneider2011–21Carl and Joan Schneider, Whitmore Lake, MI, given to The Cleveland Museum of ArtDecember 6, 2021The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2021.235