Madame Sperber Group, Jon Blumb; Joseph Judd Pennell

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Jon Blumb; Joseph Judd Pennell, Madame Sperber Group
Jon Blumb; Joseph Judd Pennell, Madame Sperber Group
Jon Blumb , Joseph Judd Pennell
Madame Sperber Group
1906
Jon Blumb
born 1956
Joseph Judd Pennell
1866–1922
Madame Sperber Group, 1906
Portfolio/Series title: 75 prints made by Jon Blumb from the original negatives in the Kansas Collection
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 20.2 x 25 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 7 15/16 x 9 13/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 x 19 in
Credit line: Printed from negatives in Kansas Collection, Kenneth Spencer Research Library
Accession number: 1984.0079
Not on display
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Archive Label: Six prostitutes are gathered in a semicircle around the woman who runs the brothel where they work. Pennell has photographed from above eye level (note the expanse and angle of the flooring), creating physical and psychological distance between himself and his subjects. These women are neither friends nor peers of the photographer; rather, they are specimens under examination. Robbed of subjectivity, they are reduced to their bodies, which mark their race, gender, and profession.