Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: RODRÍGUEZ, Joseph
Event Date: 1999
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 11 x 14 inches; 27.94 x 35.56 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.292265

Inscriptions:
Captions: Verso: 5 / Ed Gist and his 3 children outside their new apartment. They moved to St. Paul, MN from St. Louis, Mo after his wife died. A hard working single father he says, "I came from a family of eight and my father taught us to take care of your family, have faith in yourself, and always try to be honest." He is employed as a nurse and takes care of his children after work. He has never been addicted to drugs or alcohol or lived on the street. Although when he first came to St. Paul he had to stay in a shelter with his children until he found people who helped him find a place.Markings:Verso: 5 / Ed Gist and his 3 children outside their new apartment. They moved to St. Paul, MN from St. Louis, Mo after his wife died. A hard working single father he says, "I came from a family of eight and my father taught us to take care of your family, have faith in yourself, and always try to be honest." He is employed as a nurse and takes care of his children after work. He has never been addicted to drugs or alcohol or lived on the street. Although when he first came to St. Paul he had to stay in a shelter with his children until he found people who helped him find a place.

Tagasauris Keywords: 4 people; 4 people; Aerial View; Automobile; Black; Building; Child; Child and adult; Coat; Crime, law and justice; Day; Economy, business and finance; Face; Group; House; Low angle View; Male; Male and Female; Man; Outdoors; Person; Saint Paul, Minnesota; Single parent; Social issues; Still Life; Waist-Up Portrait; Winter
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: SOCIETY / POVERTY
Retouching: N