Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: CHRISTOPH, Henning
Event Date: ca. 1977-05
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.103241

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, handwritten: People / women; typed label: C 6433//13A / Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL…May-June 1977…A mother sits / with her child on a pile of belongings after being ousted / from her slum dwelling by military police. The pretense / for the forced evacuation of the “favela” was that a huge / stone was threatening the settlement. People who protested / against the move where quickly arrested; stamped: [star shape] / Credit: / from BLACK STAR; stamped: Photo and copyright / Henning Christoph / Fuererbachstrasse 5//7 / 4300 Essen 1 – Germany / Telefon 01 01 // 73 11 27 + 79 80 89 / Konto: Volksbank Essen 395 070 / Postscheckkonto Essen 1066 29-438; handwritten: C 6435//13A

Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: BRAZIL / HOMES SLUMS
Retouching: N