Description:
Visual Description: This black and white photograph centers on a group of men on a grassy field. The men all wear light-colored button-down work prison uniforms, some with matching brimmed hats. Long, full sacks are strewn around on the grass, while some of the men have slung the sacks around their shoulders. Most of the men are standing, excluding one person in the center of the photograph, who is seated on the ground. Those who are standing have one or both of their arms on their waists. All of the men are facing the left side of the photograph, looking at something in the distance. The perspective of the camera is angled so that the man standing at the front of the group is depicted as the largest while the men behind him grow progressively smaller. In the background, the horizon line halves the photograph, the top half showing a blank white sky and the bottom half, darker grass. (Text and voice: Grea Lee '23)

Tags:
agriculture; crime; figures; men; uniforms; workers

Subjects:
Men; Agriculture; Crime; figures (representations); Uniforms; Photographic gelatin

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