Underdogs, Everyday Heroes, Antiheroes

A photograph of the bust of a young man, cloaked in black, holding a reflective shard of glass in front of his face. He stands in front of a wall of graffiti.
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
Untitled
gelatin silver print on paper
7 5/16 in x 6 15/16 in (18.57 cm x 17.62 cm)
Gift of Two Friends of the Museum
Baldwin Lee
Untitled, Columbia, SC
gelatin silver print on paper
15 7/8 in x 20 1/16 in (40.32 cm x 50.96 cm)
Museum Purchase
This photograph shows a young boy in overalls and standing before a wooden house missing his right arm.
Lewis W. Hine
Luther - 16 yrs. old. Right arm was cut off by a running saw in a box factory. Now attending school.
gelatin silver print on paper
6 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in (17.1 cm x 12.1 cm);19 5/16 in x 14 5/16 in (49.05 cm x 36.35 cm);6 15/16 in x 4 15/16 in (17.6 cm x 12.5 cm)
Museum Purchase
Portrait of a young man sitting on a subway train with his head leaning against the wall as he gazes pensively into the distance.
Nan Goldin
Simon on the Subway, NYC
cibachrome print on paper
13 in x 19 1/4 in (33.02 cm x 48.89 cm);20 1/8 in x 24 1/8 in (51.12 cm x 61.28 cm);16 in x 19 3/4 in (40.64 cm x 50.17 cm);12 15/16 in x 19 5/16 in (32.86 cm x 49.05 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Jean Paul Slusser Memorial Fund
Two girls and a boy are sittting against a chain link fence. The boy is sitting in the center and looking at the camera. The girl to the left is laughing and the other girl is looking at the boy.
David Rosen
Untitled, #2
gelatin silver print on paper
11 in x 14 in (27.94 cm x 35.56 cm)
Gift from the Collection of David S. Rosen MD, MPH
A photograph of a young boy with grease stains on his hands. He clutches a cloth in one hand. Behind him, an older man sits against the wall, under a telephone, smiling at the camera.
Danny Lyon
Young Mechanic
gelatin silver print on paper
14 in x 11 in (35.56 cm x 27.94 cm)
Gift of Thomas Wilson '79 and Jill Garling '80
A boy and girl seated on wooden chairs on a porch The boy is shirtless and hunched over, the girl is barefoot.
William Gedney
Kentucky
toned gelatin silver print on paper
10 x 6 3/4 in. ( 25.4 x 17.15 cm )
Gift from the Collection of David S. Rosen MD, MPH
Bruce Davidson
Untitled (Child with a Doll Carriage), from "Welsh Miners"
gelatin silver print on paper
16 in x 19 15/16 in (40.64 cm x 50.64 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Kenyon
Gerald Parker
Child
gelatin silver print on paper
8 9/16 in x 12 7/8 in (21.7 cm x 32.7 cm);16 in x 20 in (40.6 cm x 50.8 cm)
Gift of the artist
Baldwin Lee
Untitled, Monroe, LA
gelatin silver print on paper
16 in x 19 7/8 in (40.64 cm x 50.48 cm)
Museum Purchase
Arnold Eagle; David Robbins
One Third of a Nation
gelatin silver print on paper
9 1/8 in. x 9 3/16 in. ( 23.2 cm x 23.3 cm )
Gift of Professor and Mrs. Gerome Kamrowski

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52 Collection Object Sources

Untitled (1996/2.41)
Untitled, #2 (2013/2.210)
Young Mechanic (2013/2.342)
Kentucky (2013/2.142)
Child (2002/2.107)
Street Musicians (1974/1.120)
The Sand Team (2013/2.267)
Shoemaker (1981/2.7)
Boy and Chicken (1981/2.31)
Harlequin (2011/2.161)
Votes for Women (1964/2.154)
Lunch Counter (2009/1.475)
Untitled (1983/2.147)
Fish Day (1943.93)
A Murder (2007/2.110)
River Junkmen (1972/2.36)
The Bandit's Cave (1983/1.148)
Night Shadows (1983/1.146)
Workman (1948/1.25)
Lackarbeiter (1975/2.97)
New York City (1981/2.65.6)
El bache (1954/1.59)
Billy Sunday (2013/2.247)
Between Rounds (2013/2.246)
Dempsey and Firpo (2013/2.252)

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