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Chimney Sweep, 1932/34
| Content Provider | Art Institute of Chicago |
|---|---|
| Artist | John Fernhout |
| Spatial Coverage | Netherlands |
| Temporal Coverage | 1932-1934 |
| Description | Johnny Fernhout trained and worked primarily in film, serving as cameraman for The Spanish Earth (1937) by John Dos Passos and Ernest Hemingway and as documentary director for the Communist Party in 1930s Holland and the United States during World War II. Fernhout's turn to still photography was informed by his political commitments, including to the Communist-affiliated Association of Worker Photographers. Although the five images in this series depicting chimney sweeps read like a storyboard for a short film, they were likely intended for magazine publication. By combining arresting views with a variety of narrative emphases—in one, a man seems to dance across the tiles; in another, he cleans diligently; in a third, two chimney sweeps confer—Fernhout conveys the dangers of this occupation without blindly heroizing his subjects. [A work made of gelatin silver print.] |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Access Restriction | Open |
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| Use Rights URL | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| Subject Keyword | Photographic Paper Black and White Photography Documentary Photographic Process Photographic Techniques Photography Artworks |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
| Object Type | Photographs |
