Standing Male with Top Hat

United States

1870s

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An abstract, high contrast black and white photograph of multiple exposures of various portions of windows. In the central composition of the photograph is an abstract shape resembling a silhouette of a robe, horizontally behind a frosted glass. Towards the left portion of the robe shape are triangular portions of a window.
A multimedia collage featuring multiple photographs. The composition is divided into three sections composed primarily of black-and-white collaged photos of a field of daisies. The center column has a newspaper clipping of an illustration of a gun. The gun is pointed to the left and words, though illegible, are visible.
Black and white press print of two policemen (right), one with a club, attempting to break up a scuffle between a crowd of white and black men and women. Photo contains caption: "POLICEMAN WITH CLUB MOVES TO BREAK UP INTEGRATED 'SWIM-IN' AT ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA. Violence came as some 35 integration demonstrators were met by a mob of whites swinging sticks"
This black and white photograph represents a tangle of branches, seen from above. The photograph is cropped to represent only the branches, and they become somewhat abstract, extending from the top edge to the bottom edge and from the left edge to the right edge of the image.