- Object name(s):
- Photography; A street photographer, Cuzco, Peru
- Brief description:
- A street photographer, Cuzco, Peru. On the left is an elderly photographer, wearing a suit and hat, operating a large format camera, pointing towards the viewer, on a tripod. In the centre is a woman, wearing boots, a skirt and a sweater, holding a handbag by her left arm. On the right is a crippled man with hand blocks seated on the pavement. In the background are the stone walls of Cuzco cathedral? and, on the far left, three pedlars? seated on the ground. Black and white image with a range of tones
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 1990
- Acquisition funding source:
- Catherine Lewis Trust
- Acquisition method:
- Purchase
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension value:
- 377
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension value:
- 274
- Inscription content:
- (black ink, verso) STREET LIFE. CUZCO PERU. / B/46/14
- Material:
- Silver print on Agfa Record Rapide semi-gloss paper
- Object name:
- Photography; A street photographer, Cuzco, Peru
- Object number:
- PH611
- Object production date:
- 1980
- Date - association:
- C
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1980
- Date - latest:
- 1990
- Object production person:
- Rudy Lewis
- Person's association:
- Artist/Maker
- Person's biographical note:
- Photographer. Worked as a technician at the School of Art, 1990-2001. He lives and works in Aberystwyth but has photographed people and places in the USA, South America, East Africa, the Himalayas, India and the Far East. He had a one-man show at Aberystwyth Arts Centre in 1991
- Person's birth date:
- 1939
- Person's forenames:
- Rudy
- Person's place of birth:
- UK, Wales, Aberystwyth
- Person's surname:
- Lewis
- Object production place:
- UK, Wales, Aberystwyth
- Owner:
- The artist
- Organisation's association:
- Object source
- Responsible department/section:
- Photography
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/76814791-fdce-3c1d-ab94-81ccc3c4338f
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/76814791-fdce-3c1d-ab94-81ccc3c4338f, Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery, CC BY-NC
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