[Prisoners of local jail are used as farm workers while white guard observes, South Africa]
- Title:
- [Prisoners of local jail are used as farm workers while white guard observes, South Africa]
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- Labor and Work
- Creator:
- Bourke-White, Margaret
- Creation Date:
- 1950
- ID Number:
- 2015.046.006
- File Name:
- 2015.046.006.jpg
- Work Type:
- photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- gelatin silver prints
- Subject:
- South Africa
prison labor
incarcerated people
Agricultural laborers - Measurement:
- 27.3 x 34.3 (Image/sheet) (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- In the foreground 5 Black men, dressed in light colored shorts and dark short-sleeved shirts cut and gather maize stalks in the sun, while they are watched by a white man with a rifle in the middle distance. The two men in the center of the frame are closest to the camera. The man on the left is bent at the waist, cutting near the ground with his right hand, and holding stalks with his left. We can see none of his face, just the top of his white hat faces the camera. The man on the right is mid-stride, his shorts are held up with rope, and the edges of his hat are ragged. The grass around the maize is tall, at least to mid-shin.
- Cite As:
- Margaret Bourke-White (American, 1904–1971), [Prisoners of local jail are used as farm workers while white guard observes, South Africa], 1950. Gelatin silver print, 10 3/4 x 13 1/2 in. (27.3 x 34.3 cm). Gift of Gary Davis, Class of 1976, 2015.046.006.
- Repository:
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Format:
- Image
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