untitled (From a distance it looked like a man)

Stephen G. Williams

born 1942

untitled (From a distance it looked like a man), 1978

Portfolio/Series title: In the Middle: The Eskimo Today

Material/technique: gelatin silver print

Dimensions:
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 40.64 x 50.8 cm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 16 x 20 in

Accession number: EL2008.014

Not on display

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“Climate Change at the Poles,” Jan-2009, Kate Meyer, Jennifer Talbott, and Angela Watts
From a distance it looked like a man. As we came closer on the Ski-doo I saw that it was in fact what the Inuit call an Inukshuk. It stood there like a sentinel. The “people rock” or “spirit rock,” a symbol of the past, is now only a directional marker