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Academia de Angola, School of Capoeira, Salvador, Bahia

A work made of gelatin silver print.

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  • A work made of gelatin silver print.

Date:

1961

Artist:

David Vestal
American, 1924–2013

About this artwork

David Vestal studied painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago before turning to photography in the late 1940s. He honed his craft under Sid Grossman at New York’s Photo League, a cooperative dedicated to documentary photography and social activism, but preferred depicting single moments to producing social interest photo essays. In this image, made on a trip to Brazil in 1960–61 (for a book that was never published), Vestal captured the joyous, blurred motion of students in a school of capoeira, a Brazilian martial art that combines dance and music. Hugh Edwards acquired 15 of Vestal’s photographs in 1965.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

David Vestal

Title

Academia de Angola, School of Capoeira, Salvador, Bahia

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1961

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image: 22.7 × 34 cm (8 15/16 × 13 7/16 in.); Paper: 22.9 × 34.3 cm (9 1/16 × 13 9/16 in.); Mount: 56 × 45.6 cm (22 1/16 × 18 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of David Vestal

Reference Number

1965.124

Extended information about this artwork

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