Leadville, Colorado
1973-1978, printed 1994
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 19.05 × 29.21 cm (7 1/2 × 11 1/2 in.) sheet: 27.94 × 35.56 cm (11 × 14 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mr. Isidore and Mrs. Dorothy (Steinberg) Kavka and Museum Purchase)
Accession Number
2015.19.4557
Art Historical Context
**Leadville, Colorado** is a captivating gelatin silver print by American photographer Richard Gordon, captured between 1973 and 1978 and printed in 1994. Titled after the storied Colorado mining town—once a booming silver rush hub in the late 19th century—this image (measuring 19.05 × 29.21 cm) evokes the rugged American West during the 1970s, a time when many such historic locales grappled with economic shifts post-industrial boom. Gordon's work often documents everyday American scenes with a keen eye for texture and narrative, inviting viewers to reflect on place and memory. The gelatin si...
About the Artist
Richard Gordon
Richard Gordon (1945–2012) was a self-taught American photographer born in Chicago, Illinois. He studied political science at the University of Chicago from 1963 to 1967 but discovered photography in 1965 while working at a local studio.) Early in his career, Robert Frank critiqued his work, praising his passion for the medium, and Gordon frequently paid homage to influences like Eugène Atget, Wal...