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At the Limits of the Gaze

At the Limits of the Gaze

At the Limits of the Gaze

$29.95

Hashem Shakeri: Untitled, from the series The Kahur Does Not Fall Unless the Earth Wills It, Balochistan, Iran, 2018–ongoing

Hashem Shakeri: Untitled, from the series The Kahur Does Not Fall Unless the Earth Wills It, Balochistan, Iran, 2018–ongoing

$750.00

Shirley C. Burden: Ellis Island, 1956

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Shirley C. Burden: Ellis Island, 1956

$350.00

Collect this limited-edition print by Shirley Burden, accompanied by a signed volume of his out-of-print masterwork, Presence.

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Description

Shirley Burden’s haunting black-and-white print, Ellis Island, 1956, is accompanied by a signed, limited-edition volume of his out-of-print masterwork, Presence.

Details

Gelatin-Silver Print
Paper Size: 20 × 16 in.
Image Size: 12 × 9 in.
Edition of 100
Signed by the artist

About the Artist

Shirley C. Burden (b. 1908, New York City; d. 1989, Los Angeles, California), a descendent of Cornelius Vanderbilt, began photographing for the Pathe News in 1926, worked with Merian C. Cooper in Hollywood, and opened his own photography studio in Beverly Hils after World War II, specializing in still shots for advertising and architectural firms. From there, he expanded into publishing photo essays concerning various topics. For example, Burden’s “God Is My Life” is a photo-essay about the Trappist monks at the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani in Tennessee, and“I Wonder Why,” which depicted incidents in a young black girl's life, particularly her dealings with racial prejudice.