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Authors, works and languages of the image
Dawoud Bey
A Girl with School Medals, 1988
"A Girl with School Medals", 1988. © Dawoud Bey.
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Introduction
Created in the heart of Brooklyn, New York, this photograph transcends mere urban documentation to become an intense ontological affirmation of African American presence and identity. The image depicts a young girl leaning with casual firmness against a chain-link fence, displaying with proud seriousness some school medals pinned to her shirt.
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