"15,000 in Dublin Election Rioting"
January 9, 1933
A black-and-white gelatin silver photograph that documents a tightly packed crowd in Dublin during election-related rioting, made to convey the scale and intensity of the public disturbance.
What strikes you is the overwhelming sea of hats and faces pressed shoulder to shoulder—an almost textured field of human heads fading into the distance, punctuated by a few policemen and many tense, expectant expressions.
As a piece of press photography, it shows how early twentieth-century photojournalists used dramatic crowd images to make mass politics and civil unrest visible to distant readers, shaping public perception of contemporary events.
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
7 1/16 × 9 1/2" (18 × 24.2 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
The New York Times Collection
Accession
2194.2001
Palette
Exhibitions
