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Todd Webb

American, 1905-2000

On Fridays the Great Plaza in Patzcuaro is Crowded with Vendors and Shoppers from the portfolio Six photographs from Patzcuaro

On Fridays the Great Plaza in Patzcuaro is Crowded with Vendors and Shoppers from the portfolio Six photographs from Patzcuaro

On Fridays the Great Plaza in Patzcuaro is Crowded with Vendors and Shoppers from the portfolio Six photographs from Patzcuaro, 1964

gelatin silver print

sheet: 7 3/8 x 9 1/2 inches (18.73 x 24.13 cm)

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Gift of F & M Realty, 1980

P1980:42.2D

Inscriptions:

signature, dated / back, center / 1964 Todd Webb

inscription / back, center / On Fridays the Great Plaza in Patzcuaro is Crowded with Vendors and Shoppers

Object Classifications:

Photographs

Gelatin silver print

Information may change due to ongoing research. Glossary of Terms

American Regionalist photographer Todd Webb was interested in documenting everyday life in cities all over the world. In the 1930s, he studied at the Detroit Camera Club under Ansel Adams and eventually traveled all over the United States, photographing the traces of the Gold Rush. This photograph is from a series of images Webb took of people working in a marketplace in Patzcuaro, Mexico.

Label from Overtime: The Art of Work, March 8–May 17, 2015