René d'Harnoncourt
1968 · Dye transfer print
13 1/2 × 9 1/8" (34.3 × 23.3 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Dan Budnik
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7
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14
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Museum of Modern Art, New York
1977
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Dan Budnik was an American photographer known for his unflinching documentary work in civil rights, labor, and social justice movements from the 1950s onward. Working primarily in black and white, he captured pivotal moments of American political struggle with an insider's access and formal precision. His archive, held at the Library of Congress, documents the breadth of postwar activist photography and remains a vital historical record of the era's most consequential social upheavals.
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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