Opening day, Bennett Springs, Missouri
Artist
Mike Sinclair
(American, born 1952)
Date2006
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsUnframed: 28 x 28 inches (71.12 x 71.12 cm)
Framed: 37 x 37 x 1 1/2 inches (93.98 x 93.98 x 3.81 cm)
Framed: 37 x 37 x 1 1/2 inches (93.98 x 93.98 x 3.81 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2008.47.4
Edition/State/Proofed. 4/25
On View
Not on viewGallery Location
- L10
Collections
DescriptionImage of river with lines of fishermen standing in water down each bank. People are also lined up on the dam in the background; there is a brown building on the right bank.Gallery LabelDozens of hopeful anglers stand shoulder to shoulder, casting their lines for opening day of trout fishing season in Bennett Springs, Missouri. Kansas City-based photographer Mike Sinclair found the crowd fascinating. As he recalled: “This event always seemed crazy . . . the opposite of what trout fishing was about, a peaceful, solitary experience . . . But I realized it was not as much about fishing as about tradition. Almost everyone had a story of how their father had brought them or their family here and hadn’t missed an opening day in 10 years . . . all the other people only made it better.”
Copyright© Mike Sinclair
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Mike Sinclair
June 26, 2016
2017.68.155
