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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2019.314.13
People
Accra Shepp, American (New York, NY born 1962)
Title
Occupying Wall Street, January 24, 2012
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Occupying Wall Street
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
2012
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, New York, New York City
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/365846

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
40.6 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Accra Shepp, created 2011-2012, sold; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2019.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard and Ronay Menschel Fund for the Acquisition of Photographs
Copyright
© Accra Shepp
Accession Year
2019
Object Number
2019.314.13
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
“Occupying Wall Street, January 24 2012”
Three unidentified young men. These men did not want me to share their identities because they feared harassment and retribution from the police. My images were indeed letting people beyond the protest know what was happening, but this also included the police, specifically TARU, the NYPD unit tasked with surveillance and collecting intelligence.

The fears of these young men, unfortunately, were legitimate. It was a sad fact that many of the men of color that I asked to be subjects in my photographs declined for similar reasons. I was very grateful that they participated. Literally the second after making the second exposure, the three ran away to rejoin the protest.

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