Woman in water, Newport, R.I.

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1955

GUSN

GUSN-194078

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Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972
Temporary
Woman in water, Newport, R.I.
(current record)

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Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972
- Temporary

Description

With three simple elements, the body, the water, and the sky, this image exemplifies a tendency towards simplicity characteristic of Reeds creative photography of the mid-1950s.

Details

Descriptive Terms

women (female humans)
oceans
swimming
recreation
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Physical Descrption

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC044

Collection Name

Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

Reference Code

PC044.TMP.034

Places

Newport (Rhode Island island, Newport county, Rhode Island)
Atlantic Ocean [ocean]

Record Details

Originator

Reed, Verner, 1923-2006 (Photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Accruals Note

Included in the exhibition, A Changing World: New England in the Photographs of Verner Reed, 1950-1972.

Description Level

Item

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