Coney Island

Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Here, Stephen Salmieri focuses on a balloon-toss worker at Coney Island whose down-turned teased hairstyle resembles the inflated balloons in the background. By isolating the subject and cropping out the surrounding amusement park activity, he establishes a sense of intimacy, as though the viewer could be next in line to play the game.
Caption
Stephen Salmieri American, born 1945. Coney Island, 1969. Gelatin silver print, Sheet: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm) Image: 4 3/4 x 7 in. (12.1 x 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Edward Klein, 82.201.39. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 82.201.39_PS2.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Coney Island
Date
1969
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Classification
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm) Image: 4 3/4 x 7 in. (12.1 x 17.8 cm)
Signatures
Signed in graphite verso "Salmieri"
Inscriptions
Titled in graphite verso "1969 Coney Island"
Credit Line
Gift of Edward Klein
Accession Number
82.201.39
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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