1960 –
Age of Post-Colonialism

Photography post 1960:
Diane Arbus' Boy with a Toy Hand Grenade

Diane Arbus, Boy with a Toy Grenade, 1962, gelatin silver print,
15-1/2 x 15-1/16 inches or 39.4 x 38.3 cm
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Shana Gallagher-Lindsay

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Widoki wrote on Monday, January 03, 2011

This photo is terrifying. Even though it is posed, it reminds us of war and all those children indocrinated in hate ideology.

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Photography<br>Diane Arbus
New York, USA
1962

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