Georgia, 1949 or A Gullah Family, Georgia Study, Marion Palfi

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Marion Palfi, Georgia, 1949 or A Gullah Family, Georgia Study
Marion Palfi, Georgia, 1949 or A Gullah Family, Georgia Study
Marion Palfi
Georgia, 1949 or A Gullah Family, Georgia Study
circa 1949
Marion Palfi
1907–1978
Georgia, 1949 or A Gullah Family, Georgia Study, circa 1949
Portfolio/Series title: The South
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 34.7 x 27 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 13 11/16 x 10 5/8 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 20 x 16 in
Credit line: Gift of Marion Palfi
Accession number: 1973.0223
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Archive Label: The black body is made to seem “normal” (to white eyes) through the comparison implied in this picture’s composition between this modern-day mother and child and the Christian Virgin and Child. Yet, it is the very vulnerability of these two figures that gives Palfi’s photograph its greatest strength, both as a picture and as a damning critique of the effects of racism.