Sujet

Sister Mary Paul Lewis, a Sister of the Order of the Holy Family, New Orleans, 1931. Creator: Doris Ulmann.

Légende

Sister Mary Paul Lewis, a Sister of the Order of the Holy Family, New Orleans, 1931. Additional Info: At the urging of her friend Julia Peterkin (1880-1961), an author with whom she collaborated, Doris Ulmann made several trips to New Orleans between 1929 and 1931. There she became intrigued with the Creole and Cajun residents as well as with the Sisters of the Holy Family convent in the city's French Quarter. She photographed the nuns (most of them African American) individually, in groups, and with their black students. This unidentified portrait presents a sister who seems to possess a regal bearing, her hands carefully cradling spectacles, and reflects Ulmann's interest in cloistered or isolated communities.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM26A22_195

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

73.0Mo (3.3Mo) / 37.3cm x 49.0cm / 4408 x 5791 (300dpi)

Mots clés

portrait female women woman people black historical religious country French France religion scene photography Christian Christianity nun depiction location century crucifix image photograph thirties New Orleans Louisiana concept photo African American African-American B&W waist up afro-american African-Americans United States of America black & white black and white Half Length Half-Length B W 1930s 20th century culture American history historic America USA TGN photograph portrait united states 1931 Heritage Art Print platinum print platinum print African Americans Doris Ulmann Ulmann Doris