Accession Number2012/2.81
TitleSugarcane Workers with Machetes Raised, Cuba
Artist(s)Dmitri BaltermantsArtist NationalityRussian (culture or style)Object Creation Datecirca 1970sMedium & Supportgelatin silver print on paperDimensions 16 in x 20 in (40.64 cm x 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. James Agah, Class of 1989 (BBA)Subject matterIn this photograph, eight agricultural laborers raise their machetes as they look out toward the viewer; joyous expressions mark many of their faces. The reason for their celebratory dispositions is ambiguous. These figures take up most of the lower register of the photograph, while the top half is mostly blank, white sky, which is pierced through by the crisscrossing blades of the harvesting implements.
Physical DescriptionA line of men in workers' garb raise machetes with joyous expressions on their faces.
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Keywords
Cuban
agriculture
laborers
machetes (knives)
men (male humans)
sugarcane (material)