[American lawyer Roy Cohn is seated with his left leg crossed over the right in an ornate velvet armchair with dark wooden trim. Cohn looks sternly at the camera and wears a light-colored sweater, dark trousers and loafers, and argyle socks while holding a small American flag. Large windows in the background add natural light to the otherwise dimly-lit room.]
Mary Ellen Mark
Roy Cohn with American Flag 7/1986 from Mary Ellen Mark: In America , 1986
Artwork Type: Photographs
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 11 x 14 in.
Accession #: 19971249D
Credit: Collection of University Art Museum, University at Albany, State University of New York on behalf of The University at Albany Foundation, gift of Marvin and Carol Brown
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Copyright: © Mary Ellen Mark
Object Label:
Show Object Label(s)Mary Ellen Mark (1940–2015, American) documented marginalized people and communities for over four decades. Primarily working in black- and-white photography, Mark is one of the best-known photojournalists who humanized a less familiar America and turned her lens to other parts of the world. Her powerful, contextual images insist on a specific place and environment that shapes one’s identity. Many of her best-known photographs, such as those included in Affinities and Outliers, reflect a provocative style that captures her subject’s story in a single frame.
–Affinities and Outliers: Highlights from the University at Albany Fine Art Collections
Roy Cohn (1927–1986)
American lawyer who came to prominence during the investigations by Senator Joseph McCarthy into Communism in the government; fought against human and civil rights for most of his career even after being outed as a homosexual.
–Look This Way: Portraits from the University Art Collections
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