The Bridge
Artist
Bruce Davidson
(American, born 1933)
Date1963
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 1/16 × 8 inches (30.63 × 20.32 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 11 inches (35.23 × 27.94 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 11 inches (35.23 × 27.94 cm)
Credit LineGift of Howard and Ellen Greenberg
Object number2014.58.10
SignedOn sheet verso, center, signed in pencil: "Bruce Davidson"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "PF105465";
On sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "DAB 63-27-56/5-5A", "170"
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DescriptionImage of construction worker walking across a steel beam as others work on the construction of a suspension bridge (New York City's Verrazano-Narrows Bridge). There are steel cables which stretch across the sky, wooden platforms attached to beams, and cars traveling on the freeway below.Copyright© Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos
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