01 – 26 Location. 1800 Leonidas Street (Carrollton) Date(s). July 14, 20097:55 a.m. Name(s). Brian Christopher Smith (22) Notes. Face up with multiple gunshot wounds.

Deborah Luster, 01-26 Location. 1800 Leonidas Street (Carrollton) Date(s). July 14, 2009 7:55 a.m. Name(s). Brian Christopher Smith (22) Notes. Face up with multiple gunshot wounds., 2008-2012, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2013.43, © 2010, Deborah Luster
Copied Deborah Luster, 01-26 Location. 1800 Leonidas Street (Carrollton) Date(s). July 14, 2009 7:55 a.m. Name(s). Brian Christopher Smith (22) Notes. Face up with multiple gunshot wounds., 2008-2012, gelatin silver print, 55 x 55 in. (139.7 x 139.7 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2013.43, © 2010, Deborah Luster

Artwork Details

Title
01 – 26 Location. 1800 Leonidas Street (Carrollton) Date(s). July 14, 20097:55 a.m. Name(s). Brian Christopher Smith (22) Notes. Face up with multiple gunshot wounds.
Artist
Date
2008-2012
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
55 x 55 in. (139.7 x 139.7 cm)
Copyright
© 2010, Deborah Luster
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Mediums Description
gelatin silver print
Classifications
Object Number
2013.43
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2013.43

Artwork Description

This photograph, from a series that documents contemporary and historical homicide sites in New Orleans, presents Deborah Luster’s interpretation of the last view of the crime victim lying face up on the ground. The title is the entry from the New Orleans Police blotter, but the photograph is Luster’s meditation on looking, seeing, and the power of images to haunt our imaginations.


A Democracy of Images: Photographs from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2013