Untitled (girl standing in white, wearing veil, holding bible and rosary, one hand by side) by John Deusing

Untitled (girl standing in white, wearing veil, holding bible and rosary, one hand by side)

1952

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Artwork details

Dimensions
image: 15.5 x 10 cm (6 1/8 x 3 15/16 in.)
Location
Harvard Art Museums
Copyright
CC0 1.0

About this artwork

Curator: This photograph, currently titled "Untitled," comes to us from the hand of John Deusing, part of the Harvard Art Museums collection. It captures a young girl in white, holding a bible and rosary. Editor: It’s striking how staged it feels, almost a little melancholy. The veil, the serious expression... it speaks volumes. Curator: Absolutely. Think about the photographic process then, the labor involved in creating this image, the posing, the printing, the materials involved. Editor: And the ritual—confirmation, perhaps? The white dress, that small bible. I wonder what she was thinking, standing there, immortalized in this moment. The weight of tradition, maybe? Curator: It’s a tangible connection to a specific moment, a memory captured on, perhaps, silver gelatin print. It invites us to contemplate childhood, faith, and the very act of preservation. Editor: Exactly, and it feels like a reminder, a little haunting and beautiful.

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