Oglala Lakota medicine man & Chief
South Dakota Badlands, USA, 1983
Chromogenic Print mounted on Acrylic, 123 cm by 172 cm
Signed on backside of print, frame
Hunter
Beartown Valley, Vermont, USA, 1981
Chromogenic Print mounted on Acrylic, 79,5 cm by 110,3 cm
Signed on backside of print, framed
John & Sarah King
Hostel for the Homeless
Captain Raymond P. Ilg. & The USS Nimitz
Soldier
Norfolk, Virginia, USA, 1982
Cibachrome, Vintage, 44,6 cm by 32,0 cm, AP
Signed on backside of print, framed
Wally Mander
Owner of the last Chicago abattoir
Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1983
Chromogenic Print mounted on Acrylic, 79,5 cm by 110,3 cm
Signed on backside of print, framed
Marijuana Growers
Los Angeles, California, USA 1984
Cibachrome, Vintage, 44,6 cm by 32,0 cm, AP
Signed on backside of print, framed
Mendenhall Glacier Alaska
Peter Perniciaro
Construction worker
Brooklyn, New York, USA, 1979
Chromogenic Print mounted on Acrylic, 79,5 cm by 110,3 cm
Signed on backside of print, framed
Sandblasters
Norfolk, Virginia, USA, 1982
Cibachrome, Vintage, 32,0 cm by 44,6 cm, AP
Signed on backside of print, framed
Unemployed men
Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1983
Chromogenic Print mounted on Acrylic, 79,5 cm by 110,3 cm
Signed on backside of print, framed
Anthony Baskerville & James Combs
Vietnam veterans
Vietnam Memorial, Washington DC, USA, 1982
Chromogenic Print mounted on Acrylic, 79,5 cm by 110,3 cm
Bruce Denton
Dog Musher
Edwin Moses
Steven Jobs
John & Sarah King
Amish
Richard Serra
Sculptor
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