black and white photo print of a Black woman wearing a suit at lower R seated on a low granite wall with her back against a column; line of dark granite columns to left of woman; light colored modern building with horizontal windows in background; tops of trees at CL

Downtown Civic Center, Public Use Areas #12, 1980

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Anthony Hernandez’s 1980 photograph is a portrait of Los Angeles. Hernandez’s photograph focuses on a quotidian activity, a moment of reflection, amid what may be considered Los Angeles’s uninviting landscape. The woman at right stares into the distance, drawing attention to the desolate urban plaza before her. Through Hernandez’s lens, however, the lone sitter is as central to Los Angeles as the cityscape itself.

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Title
Downtown Civic Center, Public Use Areas #12
Artist Life
born 1947
Role
Photographer
Accession Number
2023.38.2
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black and white photo print of a Black woman wearing a suit at lower R seated on a low granite wall with her back against a column; line of dark granite columns to left of woman; light colored modern building with horizontal windows in background; tops of trees at CL
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