Anonymous, San Francisco Artist: Katy Grannan (American, born 1969, M.F.A. 1999)

2010

Photography

Not on view

For Boulevard, Katy Grannan photographed strangers on the streets of Los Angeles and San Francisco, transforming the urban environment into an impromptu studio. Contrary to conventional street photography, in which subjects are photographed without their knowledge or consent, each of the portraits in the series is a collaboration between the subject and the photographer. The individuals in Grannan’s works are often members of marginalized communities; by photographing them outdoors, in harsh daylight, and against a plain white background, Grannan ensures their visibility.

Medium

Pigmented inkjet print mounted on Plexiglas

Dimensions

image: 39 × 29 in. (99 × 73.6 cm)
sheet: 39 × 29 in. (99 × 73.6 cm)
support: 39 × 29 in. (99 × 73.6 cm)
framed: 41 1/8 × 31 1/8 × 1 9/16 in. (104.4 × 79 × 4 cm)

Credit Line

Purchased with a gift from the Arthur and Constance Zeckendorf Foundation

Accession Number

2011.60.3

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Photographs

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Fraenkel Gallery; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Lisa Hodermarsky et al., On the Basis of Art: 150 Years of Women at Yale, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2021), 254, 260–61, no. 59, fig. 2
Object copyright
Copyright Katy Grannan
In Copyright
Additional information

Object/Work type

human figures (visual works), inkjet prints, pigment prints

Subject

Women artists

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