[Family living in a cave for protection during World War II, Naples, Italy]
- Title:
- [Family living in a cave for protection during World War II, Naples, Italy]
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- History of photography
- Creator:
- Bourke-White, Margaret
- Creation Date:
- 1943
- ID Number:
- 2005.056.007
- File Name:
- 2005.056.007.jpg
- Work Type:
- photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- gelatin silver prints
- Subject:
- Press photography
Naples
Italy - Measurement:
- 24.1 x 33.7 (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- Neapolitan mother and her four young children near a stone wall outside the cave where they are living. The woman and children are loosely gathered in the low center of the frame, she's nursing a baby, and a toddler and young child are two her left (nearer the camera). Although everyone is wearing coats, the oldest child is barefoot. The corner of a sheer rock face consumes much of the top half of the image and supports a line hung with laundry on the left side of the image. Below the laundry is a ticked mattress heaped on the bare ground, and next to it is a little girl sitting on some rocks. Behind the woman, on the right side of the frame, is a heaped stone wall with shovels, extra stones and lumber around it.
- Notes:
- Matted gelatin silver print, with stamps and markings from LIFE magazine on the verso.
- Cite As:
- Margaret Bourke-White (American, 1904–1971), [Family living in a cave for protection during World War II, Naples, Italy], 1943. Gelatin silver print, image: 24.1 x 33.7 cm; mat: 35.7 x 45.7 cm. Gift of Gary Davis, Class of 1976, 2005.056.007.
- Repository:
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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