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TOWELL, Larry

Written on the back of this work is: “I found this picture after perusing my work among the Mennonites of Mexico, some two thousand rolls of film shot over a period of ten years. Only 120 pictures ever made it into the book. La Honda colony was one of the few that actually had electricity, if you had money. I was visiting Frank Klassen and his wife, whose name escapes me at the moment. They were landless, unemployed, poverty-stricken, and were planning on finding their way to Canada in search of farm work. His wife bummed a cigarette. We smoked at the kitchen table by the light of a kerosene lamp. Then we went outside and I took their picture as the moon was rising.” — Larry Towell

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Image: © Larry Towell / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
For any licensing and reproduction use of this image, please contact Magnum Photos: licensingall@magnumphotos.com
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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 55453

Creation/Production

TOWELL, Larry

Acquisition

Gift, 25/4/2017
Donated by David Hurn, 2017

Measurements

h(cm) image size:9.4
h(cm)
w(cm) image size:14
w(cm)
h(cm) paper size:15.2
w(cm) paper size:15.1

Techniques

Digital Pigment Print

Material

Paper

Location

In store

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