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My brother Miguel and his roommates graduated from Yale in the winter of 1972

My brother Miguel and his roommates graduated from Yale in the winter of 1972

Antonio Mendoza
American, born Cuba. 1941
1972
A gelatin silver print photograph in which Antonio Mendoza turns a cramped, candid moment of his brother and friends sleeping in a car on a winter road trip into a small, intimate narrative.
The image hits you with its tight, low ceiling framing of four bodies jammed into a backseat — one yawning, one calm, another nervously biting their nails — their expressions sharpened by high‑contrast black‑and‑white while a typed caption beneath reads like a private diary entry.
By coupling documentary-looking portraiture with a personal caption, the picture bridges social-documentary traditions and autobiographical storytelling, reflecting 1970s interest in everyday life and mobility as subjects of art.
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet 14 × 10 7/8" (35.5 × 27.6 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Acquired through the generosity of the Joel W. Solomon Estate
Accession
476.1984.5
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