"A Famous Fisherman in Action"
Times Wide World Photos
United States, active 1919–1941
1932
A gelatin silver photograph of a formally dressed man waist-deep in a pond reeling in a small fish, made to capture a playful, newsworthy moment for publication.
What strikes you is the comic dissonance of his suit, hat, and upright posture against the rippling water, frozen at the instant the tiny fish hangs in midair beside him.
As a 1932 Times Wide World news photograph, it exemplifies how press photography used candid, narrative moments to bring everyday humor and informal celebrity into mass visual culture, typical of the gelatin-silver press image's impact on public perception.
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
9 5/8 × 7 3/4" (24.5 × 19.7 cm)
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Department
Credit
The New York Times Collection
Accession
2154.2001
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