Festival on the Parkway

Daniel S. Williams, artist

born 1942

Festival on the Parkway, 1991

Where object was made: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Material/technique: chromogenic color print (Ektacolor™ Supra)

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 320 x 460 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 508 x 635 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 12 5/8 x 18 1/8 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 20 x 25 in

Credit line: Museum purchase

Accession number: 1993.0004

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Dan Williams studied painting at Brooklyn College and photography at the University of Oregon; he teaches at Ohio University. In 1993 he was the Langston Hughes Visiting Professor at the University of Kansas. Williams, in photographing what he knows, depicts aspects of the everyday life of African Americans. He is concerned both with creating positive images of his subjects and with making sure his photographs empower them.
The subject of this photograph is a Caribbean-American Labor Day Fest in Brooklyn, New York.