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The da Silva Shack in the Favela of Catacumba, Rio de Janeiro
Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation

The da Silva Shack in the Favela of Catacumba, Rio de Janeiro

Portfolio/SeriesFreedom’s Fearful Foe: Poverty, LIFE Magazine, June 16, 1961
Artist (United States, 1912 - 2006)
Date1961, printed 2017
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsIMAGE: 8 1/8 x 12 in. (206.4 x 304.8 mm)
SHEET: 11 x 14 in. (279.4 x 355.6 mm)
Object TypePhotographs
Credit LineKSU, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, gift of Gordon Parks and the Gordon Parks Foundation
Object number2017.418
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Not on view
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Image courtesy of and copyright by Gordon Parks Foundation
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