4421 Gibson Avenue, St. Louis, MO. · WRSTL PLACE

Item sets: Digital Public History Class; St. Louis Artist Works; St. Louis Artists

Title: 4421 Gibson Avenue, St. Louis, MO.
Description: Taken as part of Joel Sternfeld's photography series that captured places of tragedy and exposed the American identity. Nine-year-old, Christopher Harris tragically lost his life here in 1991 after two gang members got in a gunfight and one used him as a shield. This photo was part of the "Where We Live: Photographs of America from the Berman Collection" exhibition at the Getty Museum from October 24, 2006, to February 25, 2007.
Creator: Joel Sternfeld
Subject: Gun Violence; St. Louis History
Medium: Chromogenic print
Source: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center
Identifier: 2002.76.3