Untitled
(1970s)
Medium
gelatin silver photograph
Measurements
20.7 × 13.6 cm (image) 25.5 × 20.2 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bowness Family Fund for Photography, 2024
© Valeria "Mikki" Ferrill
Gallery location
Special Exhibitions Gallery
Ground Level, NGV International
About this work
Valeria ‘Mikki’ Ferrill is an African American photographer known for her documentation of the Black community in Chicago’s South Side during the 1960s and 70s. Ferrill studied advertising design and illustration at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She eventually became a photojournalist, joining a group of Black photographers from the area who shot for local periodicals and newspapers. Ferrill worked on assignments in Mexico in the late 1960s, returning to Chicago in 1970.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Inscription
embossed l.r.: PHOTO BY / MIKKI FERRILL
stamped IN INK on reverse c.: Photo by / Mikki Ferrill
inscribed in pencil on Reverse c.r.: MF (monogram
Accession Number
2024.855
Department
International Photography