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Ken HeymanWW-1962-M042574

1962·Gelatin silver print·16 1/2 × 13 1/2" (41.9 × 34.3 cm)

Catalogue

Year: 1962
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 16 1/2 × 13 1/2" (41.9 × 34.3 cm)
Collection: Museum of Modern Art
Artist: Ken Heyman

Artist

Ken Heyman was an American photographer and filmmaker whose work documented human life across cultures and continents from the 1950s onward. Operating primarily in black and white, he combined anthropological observation with formal compositional rigor, producing extended visual studies of daily labor, ritual, and childhood in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the United States. His photographs appeared in major publications and were exhibited internationally, establishing him as a significant figure in postwar humanist photography.

New York, NY, USA

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