Art Declared Found Activity (Lathering, Alicante Spain, April 1960) 1960

Billy Apple’s 1960 black and white photograph, *Art Declared Found Activity (Lathering, Alicante Spain, April 1960)*, depicts a man receiving a shave from a barber. The photo was taken during a period when Apple was exploring the found object and appropriation within his artistic practice. The starkness of the composition and the directness of the image are characteristic of the artist’s early work. This piece captures a fleeting moment of everyday life, elevating the mundane into a work of art.