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RUSS MARSHALLDetroit Photographs, 1958–2008

Nancy BarrJames Pearson Duffy Curator of Photography

Like a few bars of jazz improvisation, Russ Marshall’s photographs of city nights, over-time shifts, and solitary moments in a crowd resonate in melodic shades of black and white. In his first museum solo exhibition, we experience six decades of the Motor City through his eyes. Drawn from his archive of 50,000 plus negatives, the photographs in the exhibition celebrate his art and represent just a sample of the 250 works by Marshall acquired by the Detroit Institute of Arts since 2012.

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Born in 1940 in South Fork, Pennsylvania, Marshall settled in Detroit with his family in 1943 and began to pursue photography as a hobby in the late 1950s. Some of his earliest photographs give a rare glimpse into public life throughout the city in the post-World War II years. In Construction Watchers, Detroit, Michigan, 1960, he photographed pedestrians as they peer over a barricade to look north on Woodward Avenue, one of Detroit’s main thoroughfares. In other views, Marshall captured silhouetted figures, their shadows, the atmosphere, and resulting patterns of light and dark. These early compositions hint at an evolving stylistic approach he would refine and apply to his work in later years.

Marshall’s passion for photography continued into the decades that followed. Taking a break from Detroit from 1960 to 1964, he enlisted in the Navy and eventually gained experience as a U.S.

Naval aviation still camera photographer. He returned to Detroit after military service and continued to photograph throughout the city. Ambassador Bridge and Zug Island, 1968, hints at his devel-oping aesthetic approach. In a long shot looking toward southwest Detroit, Marshall considers the city’s skyline as an integral part of the post-industrial urban landscape, a subject he would revisit throughout his career. The view shows factory smokestacks that stripe the horizon, and the Ambassador Bridge stretches out over the Detroit River, glinting under an expansive sky rendered in deep charcoal tones.

Marshall continued to develop his personal photographic work, and eventually, his interests led to a professional career, including freelance work for local and national trade and labor magazines from 1975 to 2008. His photographs from these decades reveal a city of contrasts. During these transformational years, Detroit’s single-industry economy saw a decline in jobs, which led, to some extent, to a decrease in the city’s population. Marshall, whose father had worked on a Chrysler assembly line, always connected with his blue-collar subjects. His empathy for the working class is evident in his large body of portraits that mark these challenging years. But even as factories closed and buildings like Detroit’s Michigan Central Station were abandoned, Marshall, a jazz enthusiast and lover of city life here, provided some reprieve from the downturn. He gives a glimpse into the vibrant culture of the city with photo-graphs depicting moments from legendary performances known to Detroit’s thriving music scene, or at places like the city’s bustling Eastern Market and public parks like Belle Isle.

His empathy for the working class is evident in his large body of portraits...

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Looking globally to the industrialized West beyond Detroit, the exhibition includes a selection of photographs Marshall took in Europe from 1987 to 1990. He photographed everyday people in the streets in England, where Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s policies were impacting the working class. And he arrived in Germany shortly after the fall of the Berlin wall and the demise of communism, which opened Eastern Europe to the rest of the world and signaled the end of the Cold War.

Throughout his mid-to-late career, Marshall frequently par-ticipated in solo and group shows at galleries and museums in and around Detroit. He made many of the photographic prints in this exhibition between 1994 and 2019. They speak to the demand for and interest in his work by collectors, galleries, and museums during decades when Detroit began to draw attention worldwide. Thinking through these years, the city’s history, and while reviewing six decades of his work, Marshall remained introspective yet crit-ical about the photograph selections and the organization of this exhibition. He carefully thought through the themes and aesthetic variations in his oeuvre, revisiting and sometimes reassessing certain images for consideration and discussion.

In the end, the exhibition may well represent the confluence of Marshall’s photographic practice and the city’s unique culture—one he has experienced and reveled in firsthand for most of his life. His unprecedented body of work is not only a lasting testament to the resiliency of lives in the Motor City, it is like a melancholy poem that speaks to his vision and interpretation of the city as well as to many shared experiences known to those who have lived, worked, and loved in Detroit.

REFERENCES

Barr, Nancy. Motor City Muse: Detroit Photographs, Then and Now. Detroit: Detroit Institute of Arts, 2013.

Fox, Randy. “Photographer Russell Marshall: Documenting Detroit’s Working Class.” Huffington Post, January 27, 2012. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/photographer-russell-marshall-and-detroit_b_1231566.

Marshall, Russ. “Thatcher’s England: Photographs by Russ Marshall.” Solidarity Magazine, January–February 1990, 18–20.

-------- . “After the Empire: Photographs by Russ Marshall.” Outtakes Magazine 8 (Summer 1994): 10–15.

-------- . This Working Life: Photographs of Labor and Industry. Detroit: 2011.

-------- . My Navy Life 1960–1964. Detroit: 2015.

-------- . Detroit Doc. Detroit: 2016.

Patton, Phil. “The Motor City Through the Camera Lens.” New York Times, January 10, 2013. https://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/10/the-motor-city-though-the-camera-lens/.

Cover: Parade Crowd, Detroit, Michigan, 1958

Inside cover: LaMonte Hamilton at the Vanity Ball Room, Detroit, Michigan, 1982

Page 2: Detroit Steel Plant Laborers, 1979

Pages 6–7, Construction Watchers, Detroit, Michigan, 1960

Pages 8–9, Men’s Lounge, Michigan Central Train Depot, Detroit, Michigan, 1959

Page 9, Michigan Central Train Depot, Bench, Detroit, Michigan, 1987

Page 10–11, Ambassador Bridge and Zug Island, 1968

Page 12, Night Shift, Pontiac Assembly, 1987

Page 13, top: Press Operators, GM Fisher Body Trim Plant, Fort St., Detroit, Michigan, 1982

Page 13, lower left: Buick Engine Assembly Line, GM Fisher Body Plant, Flint, Michigan, 1985

Page 13, lower right: UAW Local 1776; Plant Closing Meeting, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1992

Page 14–15, Delray Man, Detroit, Michigan, 1986

Page 16: Joan Crawford with the Jimmy Wilkins Orchestra, 1993

Page 16–17, Don Mayberry with Jimmy Wilkins Orchestra, 1993

Page 18–19, Brixton Tube Station, London, England, 1989

Page 20, Mink, 1987

Back cover: Mistersky Stacks, 1999

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21 C H E C K L I S TAll works by Russ Marshall, American, born 1940.

All works are gifts of the artist to the DIA’s collection unless otherwise noted.

2 City Men, 2003 (printed 2004), gelatin silver print, 15 × 15 in. (38.1 × 38.1 cm). Collection of Russ Marshall

Acorn Iron Works, Detroit, Michigan, 1979 (printed 2018), dye-based inkjet print, 9 1/8 × 5 1/2 in. (23.2 × 14 cm). DIA No. T2019.396

Alma Smith Trio at the Detroit Press Club, 1993, gelatin silver print, 18 3/8 × 13 in. (46.7 × 33 cm). DIA No. T2019.385

Ambassador Bridge and Zug Island, 1968 (printed 2004), gelatin silver print, 8 15/16 × 15 15/16 in. (22.7 × 40.5 cm). DIA No. 2012.144

American Beauty Electric Irons, Detroit, Michigan, 1993 (printed 2018), dye-based inkjet print, 9 × 5 11/16 in. (22.9 × 14.5 cm). DIA No. T2019.402

Apple Farmer, Detroit Eastern Market, 1980 (printed 2013), gelatin silver print, 12 × 8 in. (30.5 × 20.3 cm). DIA No. 2015.184

Assembler, American Beauty Electric Irons, Detroit, Michigan, 1993 (printed 1997), gelatin silver print, 14 3/8 × 18 3/8 in. (36.5 × 46.7 cm). DIA No. 2012.45

Assembly Line Workers, GM Fisher Body Trim Plant, Detroit, Michigan, 1982 (printed 1997), gelatin silver print, 14 7/16 × 18 3/8 in. (36.7 × 46.7 cm). DIA No. 2012.147

Becoming Dylan, Love-In at Belle Isle, Detroit, Michigan, 1967 (printed 2018), dye-based inkjet print, 18 × 10 1/4 in. (45.7 × 26 cm). DIA No. T2019.368

Berlin Wall, Berlin, East and West Germany, 1990 (printed 2018), dye-based inkjet print, 12 × 16 1/8 in. (30.5 × 41 cm). DIA No. T2019.416

Bess Bonnier at the DIA’s Crystal Gallery, 1982 (printed 1994), gelatin silver print, 15 × 18 7/8 in. (38.1 × 47.9 cm). DIA No. T2020.8

Break Room, Fisher Body Trim Plant, Fort St., Detroit, Michigan, 1982 (printed 2019), dye-based inkjet print, 6 1/8 × 9 in. (15.6 × 22.9 cm). DIA No. T2020.2

Brixton Tube Station, London, England, 1989 (printed 2018), dye-based inkjet print, 12 × 16 1/8 in. (30.5 × 41 cm). DIA No. T2019.410

Buick Engine Assembly Line, GM Fisher Body Plant, Flint, Michigan, 1985 (printed 2018), dye-based inkjet print, 9 × 6 1/2 in. (22.9 × 16.5 cm). DIA No. T2019.401

Cass Café, 2007 (printed 2008), gelatin silver print, 8 3/4 × 8 in. (22.2 × 20.3 cm). DIA No. 2015.253

Chain Hooks, J. Pitt Steel Bar Mill, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 1998 (printed 2018), dye-based inkjet print, 9 × 6 in. (22.9 × 15.2 cm). DIA No. T2019.404

Church Custodian Delray, Detroit, Michigan, 1986 (printed 2013), gelatin silver print, 18 × 11 3/4 in. (45.7 × 29.8 cm). DIA No. 2015.165

City Corner, Detroit, Michigan, 1959 (printed 2000), gelatin silver print, 8 × 8 in. (20.3 × 20.3 cm). DIA No. 2015.132

City Figures, 2000 (printed 2002), gelatin silver print, 8 × 8 in. (20.3 × 20.3 cm). DIA No. 2015.244

Construction Watchers, Detroit, Michigan, 1960 (printed 2004), gelatin silver print, 11 15/16 × 18 1/8 in. (30.3 × 46 cm). DIA No. 2012.148

Delray Man, Detroit, Michigan, 1986 (printed 2001), gelatin silver print, 8 1/4 × 12 in. (21 × 30.5 cm). DIA No. 2015.136

Detroit Newsstand at Campus Martius, 1959 (printed 2004), gelatin silver print, 11 11/16 × 18 1/8 in. (29.7 × 46 cm). DIA No. 2012.149

Detroit Skyline with Water Tower #3 (from the Belle Isle Bridge), 1979 (printed 1999), gelatin silver print, 16 1/4 × 23 13/16 in. (41.3 × 60.5 cm). DIA No. 2012.150

Detroit Steel Plant Laborers, 1979 (printed 1997), gelatin silver print, 18 3/8 × 17 7/16 in. (46.7 × 44.3 cm). DIA No. 2012.151

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22 23Detroit Symphony Orchestra Reception for Günther Herbig at Judge Damon Keith Residence, 1984 (printed 2003), gelatin silver print, 11 5/8 × 17 7/8 in. (29.5 × 45.4 cm). DIA No. 2012.152

Dixie Belle, Singer with the Wolverine Dixieland Jazz Band at the Jazz Center in Detroit, Michigan, 1979 (printed 2013), gelatin silver print, 12 × 8 in. (30.5 × 20.3 cm). DIA No. 2015.185

Don Mayberry with Jimmy Wilkins Orchestra, 1993, gelatin silver print, 8 × 12 in. (20.3 × 30.5 cm). DIA No. T2019.383

Eileen Orr, Pianist, Union Street Bar, Detroit, Michigan, 1978 (printed 2019), dye-based inkjet print, 14 1/4 × 12 in. (36.2 × 30.5 cm). DIA No. T2019.389

Elizabeth Street and Park Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, 1965 (printed 2004), gelatin silver print, 17 7/8 × 13 11/16 in. (42.9 × 34.8 cm). DIA No. 2012.155

Eric Brandon and Marcus Belgrave at Baker’s Keyboard Lounge, Detroit, Michigan, 1992 (printed 1994), gelatin silver print, 12 × 9 in. (30.5 × 22.9 cm). DIA No. 2015.188

Face Painting, Love-In at Belle Isle, Detroit, Michigan, 1967 (printed 2018), dye-based inkjet print, 18 × 11 1/4 in. (45.7 × 28.6 cm). DIA No. T2019.370

Factory Rats (Two Welders), G.M. Stamping, Flint, Michigan, 1985 (printed 1999), gelatin silver print, 18 1/8 × 14 3/8 in. (46 × 36.5 cm). Museum Purchase, Albert and Peggy de Salle Charitable Trust. DIA No. 2012.31

First Annual Detroit Blues Festival, Detroit, Michigan, 1977 (printed 2019), dye-based inkjet print, 12 × 18 1/2 in. (30.5 × 47 cm). DIA No. T2019.388

Fisher Body Trim Plant, Fort St., Detroit, Michigan, 1982 (printed 2018), dye-based inkjet print, 9 × 6 1/8 in. (22.9 × 15.6 cm). DIA No. T2019.399

Fisher Body Trim Plant, Fort St., Detroit, Michigan, 1982 (printed 2018), dye-based inkjet print, 9 × 6 1/16 in. (22.9 × 15.4 cm). DIA No. T2019.400

Ford Rouge Plant and Woodmere Cemetery, 1992 (printed 1999), gelatin silver print, 18 1/8 × 12 9/16 in. (46 × 31.9 cm). DIA No. 2012.156

Genevieve and Boris, Berlin, East Germany, 1990 (printed 2018), dye-based inkjet print, 12 × 16 1/8 in. (30.5 × 41 cm). DIA No. T2019.417

GM Fisher Body Plant, Livonia, Michigan, 1982 (printed 2018), dye-based inkjet print, 9 × 6 in. (22.9 × 15.2 cm). DIA No. T2019.398

Guarding Lenin, Budapest, Hungary, 1989 (printed 2018), dye-based inkjet print, 12 × 16 1/8 in. (30.5 × 41 cm). DIA No. T2019.408

Harley #1, J. Pitt Steel Bar Mill, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 1998 (printed 2018), dye-based inkjet print, 9 x 6 1/8 in. (22 x 15.5 cm). DIA No. T2019.403

Harrod’s, London, England, 1989 (printed 2018), dye-based inkjet print, 12 × 16 1/8 in. (30.5 × 41 cm). DIA No. T2019.409

Henry Ford II and Friends at the Renaissance Club, Detroit, Michigan, 1984 (printed 2003), gelatin silver print, 11 11/16 × 17 7/8 in. (29.7 × 45.4 cm). DIA No. 2012.158

Hog Farmers 3, Detroit Eastern Market, 1980 (printed 2013), gelatin silver print, 12 × 8 in. (30.5 × 20.3 cm). DIA No. 2015.181

Hook, J. Pitt Steel Bar Mill, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 1998 (printed 2018), dye-based inkjet print, 9 × 6 1/8 in. (22.9 × 15.6 cm). DIA No. T2019.405

Industrial Study 9, 1999 (printed 2005), gelatin silver print, 10 1/4 × 15 7/8 in. (26 × 40.3 cm). DIA No. 2012.160

Ingots, Ford Motor Company Rouge Steel, Dearborn, Michigan, 1966 (printed 2018), dye-based inkjet print, 9 × 6 in. (22.9 × 15.2 cm). DIA No. T2019.395

Jazz Trio and Soccer Fans, Euston Tube Station, London, England, 1989 (printed 2018), dye-based inkjet print, 12 × 16 1/8 in. (30.5 × 41 cm). DIA No. T2019.414

Jimmy Wilkins at the Detroit Press Club, Detroit, Bob Welch, Drums, 1993 (printed 1994), gelatin silver print, 8 1/2 × 12 in. (21.6 × 30.5 cm). DIA No. 2015.198

Joan Crawford with the Jimmy Wilkins Orchestra, 1993, gelatin silver print, 12 × 7 7/8 in. (30.5 × 20 cm). DIA No. T2019.384

Juanita McCray, Detroit Blues Festival, Detroit, Michigan, 1977 (printed 2019), dye-based inkjet print, 12 × 6 7/8 in. (30.5 × 17.5 cm). DIA No. T2019.387

LaMonte Hamilton at the Vanity Ball Room, Detroit, Michigan, 1982 (printed 1994), gelatin silver print, 12 × 9 in. (30.5 × 22.9 cm). DIA No. 2015.187

Lil’ Jr. Cannaday, Detroit Blues Festival, Detroit, Michigan, 1979 (printed 2019), dye-based inkjet print, 12 1/2 × 8 1/4 in. (31.8 × 21 cm). DIA No. T2019.392

Line 10 Press Operators, Fisher Body Trim Plant, Detroit, Michigan, 1982 (printed 1999), gelatin silver print, 13 15/16 × 17 7/8 in. (35.4 × 45.4 cm). DIA No. 2012.162

Line Assemblers, Ford Rouge Engine Assembly Plant, Dearborn, Michigan, 1985 (printed 1999), gelatin silver print, 14 1/2 × 18 in. (36.8 × 45.7 cm). DIA No. 2012.42

Love Balloon, Love-In at Belle Isle, Detroit, Michigan, 1967 (printed 2018), dye-based inkjet print, 18 × 11 3/4 in. (45.7 × 29.8 cm). DIA No. T2019.365

Love Nuns, Love-In at Belle Isle, Detroit, Michigan, 1967 (printed 2018), dye-based inkjet print, 18 × 21 in. (45.7 × 53.3 cm). DIA No. T2019.366

Lunch Buckets, Ford Motor Company Valve Plant, Northville, Michigan, 1981 (printed 2019), dye-based inkjet print, 5 3/8 × 9 in. (13.7 × 22.9 cm). DIA No. T2020.1

Lunch Room Janitor, Delray Shop, Detroit, Michigan, 1986 (printed 1997), gelatin silver print, 18 × 12 1/8 in. (45.7 × 30.8 cm). DIA No. 2015.169

Machine Operator, Redman Tool and Die, Ferndale, Michigan, 1986 (printed 1999), gelatin silver print, 13 15/16 × 17 7/8 in. (35.4 × 45.4 cm). DIA No. 2012.163

Man in Fur Coat, Detroit, Michigan (Thanksgiving Day Parade on Woodward Ave.), 1958 (printed 2013), gelatin silver print, 18 × 12 1/2 in. (45.7 × 31.8 cm). DIA No. 2015.170

May Day at the Reichstag, Berlin, West Germany, 1990 (printed 2018), dye-based inkjet print, 12 × 16 1/8 in. (30.5 × 41 cm). DIA No. T2019.418

Men’s Lounge, Michigan Central Train Depot, Detroit, Michigan, 1959 (printed 2005), gelatin silver print, 12 1/4 × 17 7/8 in. (31.1 × 45.4 cm). DIA No. 2012.164

Michigan Central Train Depot, “Canada Customs and Immigrations,” Detroit, Michigan, 1987 (printed 2012), gelatin silver print, 8 × 12 in. (20.3 × 30.5 cm). DIA No. 2015.145

Michigan Central Train Depot, “Coffee Shop, Cocktail Lounge,” Detroit, Michigan, 1987 (printed 2012), gelatin silver print, 12 × 8 in. (30.5 × 20.3 cm). DIA No. 2015.144

Michigan Central Train Depot, “Drugs, Cigars, Candies,” Detroit, Michigan, 1987 (printed 2012), gelatin silver print, 12 × 8 in. (30.5 × 20.3 cm). DIA No. 2015.143

Michigan Central Train Depot, Bench, Detroit, Michigan, 1987 (printed 2012), gelatin silver print, 12 × 8 in. (30.5 × 20.3 cm). DIA No. 2015.149

Michigan Central Train Depot, Lunch Counter, Detroit, Michigan, 1959 (printed 2012), gelatin silver print, 12 × 8 in. (30.5 × 20.3 cm). DIA No. 2015.142

Mink, 1987 (printed 2008), gelatin silver print, 8 × 8 in. (20.3 × 20.3 cm). DIA No. 2015.250

Mistersky Stacks, 1999 (printed 2000), gelatin silver print, 10 1/4 × 15 7/8 in. (26 × 40.3 cm). DIA No. 2012.165

Ms. USA, Ford Motor Co., Batavia, Ohio, 1985 (printed 1997), gelatin silver print, 18 5/16 × 14 1/2 in. (46.5 × 36.8 cm). DIA No. 2012.166

Natasha and Jozsef, Budapest, Hungary, 1990 (printed 2018), dye-based inkjet print, 12 × 16 1/8 in. (30.5 × 41 cm). DIA No. T2019.419

Night Shift, Pontiac Assembly, 1987 (printed 1999), gelatin silver print, 18 1/8 × 13 7/16 in. (46 × 34.1 cm). DIA No. 2012.167

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24 Nokia City Man, London, England, 1989 (printed 2018), dye-based inkjet print, 12 × 16 1/8 in. (30.5 × 41 cm). DIA No. T2019.412

Opening Night, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Detroit, Michigan, 1984 (printed 2003), gelatin silver print, 11 11/16 × 17 7/8 in. (29.7 × 45.4 cm). DIA No. 2012.168

Parade Crowd, Detroit, Michigan, 1958 (printed 1997), gelatin silver print, 17 15/16 × 13 7/16 in. (45.6 × 34.1 cm). DIA No. 2012.169

Pete and Ed, J. Pitt Steel Bar Mill, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 1998 (printed 2018), dye-based inkjet print, 9 × 5 7/8 in. (22.9 × 14.9 cm). DIA No. T2019.406

Press Operators, GM Fisher Body Trim Plant, Fort St., Detroit, Michigan, 1982 (printed 1997), gelatin silver print, 14 3/8 × 19 3/8 in. (36.5 × 49.2 cm). Museum Purchase, Albert and Peggy de Salle Charitable Trust. DIA No. 2012.28

Sandra Woze Here, Waterloo Bridge Over the Thames, London, England, 1989 (printed 2018), dye-based inkjet print, 12 × 16 1/8 in. (30.5 × 41 cm). DIA No. T2019.415

Sandy’s Lunch Counter, Gratiot Market, Detroit Eastern Market, 1980 (printed 2013), gelatin silver print, 8 × 12 in. (20.3 × 30.5 cm). DIA No. 2015.174

School Yard, Liverpool, England, 1989 (printed 2018), dye-based inkjet print, 12 × 16 1/8 in. (30.5 × 41 cm). DIA No. T2019.411

Sippie Wallace, Montreux Detroit Jazz Festival, Detroit, Michigan, 1980 (printed 1994), gelatin silver print, 14 1/2 × 18 5/8 in. (36.8 × 47.3 cm). DIA No. T2019.393

Skilled Tradesmen, Ford Motor Company Rouge Engine Plant, Dearborn, Michigan, 1985 (printed 1997), gelatin silver print, 14 7/16 × 18 3/8 in. (36.7 × 46.7 cm). DIA No. 2012.173

Soho District, London, England, 1987 (printed 2018), dye-based inkjet print, 12 × 16 1/8 in. (30.5 × 41 cm). DIA No. T2019.407

Steam Driver, 1997 (printed 2003), gelatin silver print, 8 × 8 in. (20.3 × 20.3 cm). DIA No. 2015.248

Striker, Detroit Coke Corp., Zug Island, Detroit, Michigan, 1986 (printed 2000), gelatin silver print, 14 3/16 × 18 3/16 in. (36 × 46.2 cm). DIA No. 2012.174

The Ford Rouge Plant/Neighborhood from Fort St. Overpass, 1995 (printed 2005), gelatin silver print, 10 × 15 5/16 in. (25.4 × 38.9 cm). DIA No. 2012.177

The Palms Parade Crowd (Thanksgiving Day Parade), 1964 (printed 2004), gelatin silver print, 17 15/16 × 13 1/2 in. (45.6 × 34.3 cm). DIA No. 2012.179

UAW Local 1776; Plant Closing Meeting, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1992 (printed 2000), gelatin silver print, 18 3/8 × 14 in. (46.7 × 35.6 cm). DIA No. 2012.181

Ursula Walker, Detroit, Michigan, 1978 (printed 1994), gelatin silver print, 18 1/2 × 14 in. (47 × 35.6 cm). DIA No. T2019.390

Will Austin (bass), Geri Allen (piano), Detroit Renaissance Live Session, 1979, gelatin silver print, 12 × 7 3/4 in. (30.5 × 19.7 cm). DIA No. T2019.378

Woman in the Window, Budapest, Hungary, 1989 (printed 2018), dye-based inkjet print, 12 × 16 1/8 in. (30.5 × 41 cm). DIA No. T2019.413

Woodward City Man, 2000 (printed 2005), gelatin silver print, 15 × 15 in. (38.1 × 38.1 cm). Collection of Russ Marshall

Workers, Acorn Iron Works, Detroit, Michigan, 1979 (printed 2018), dye-based inkjet print, 9 × 6 in. (22.9 × 15.2 cm). DIA No. T2019.397

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This exhibition was organized by the Detroit Institute of Arts and Russ Marshall. The assistance and dedication of many individuals at the DIA have contributed to its research, organization, and success. They include paper care assistants Haley Birkett and Brittanie Bondie; paper care specialists Douglas Bulka and Megan Major; assistant registrar Amy Dunn; intern Lea Faoro; coordinator, exhibitions department, Sabrina Hiedemann; head librarian Maria Ketcham; graphic designer Everett Keyser; interpretive planner Melanie Parker; museum photographer James Rotz; associate reg-istrar Marisa Szpytman; and administrative assistant Elisia Wheeler. Additional assistance was provided by editor Lisa Bessette as well as staff at Wayne State University’s Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs, including archivist Kristen Chinery.

Lastly, I want to express my deepest gratitude to Russ Marshall for his generosity, patience, and remarkable commitment to pho-tography, as demonstrated throughout his long and impressive career and in the development of this project. His sense of humor and insight have made the organization of this exhibition a plea-sure and a privilege some curators may never experience in their careers. I am grateful as well for the comprehensive gift of his work to the DIA, which forms a large part of this exhibition. It has greatly enriched the collection and will serve to engage researchers, vis-itors, and others into the future.

Russ Marshall: Detroit Photographs, 1958–2008 is organized by the Detroit Institute

of Arts.

Major funding is generously provided by TCF Bank. Additional support is given by

the Friends of Prints, Drawings & Photographs, Dr. Cynthia Chow and David B. Chow,

Lindsey and Tom Buhl, and Alessandro F. Uzielli.

RUSS MARSHALLDetroit Photographs, 1958–2008

November 15, 2020–June 27, 2021Albert and Peggy de Salle Gallery of Photography

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