Harold Allen 1975

"Harold Allen" is a 1975 photograph by Mike Mandel that uses the format of a baseball card to present a seemingly ordinary man. The image is a black and white photograph of a man in a baseball cap and jacket holding a bat. Mandel's work often utilizes found or appropriated images, challenging the viewers’ preconceptions about photography and identity. The work is part of Mandel's larger series "The Baseball Cards," which explored the relationship between representation, reality, and the construction of meaning.