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Max Yavno
Max Yavno Portfolio One: Image As Poem1977

Not on view
Black and white photograph of a steep residential street lined with identical white stucco houses whose rooflines cast sharp, repeating diagonal shadows, creating a strong geometric pattern
Gelatin silver print, aerial view of workers manually rotating a cable car numbered 524 on a circular turntable at a street intersection, with a second cable car visible at upper left and pedestrians on the sidewalk
Gelatin silver print, three workers silhouetted atop a massive riveted metal structure, figures starkly backlit against a pale sky, with a narrow vertical gap between two dark steel panels receding into the lower frame.
Gelatin silver print of two men standing near a doorway, both wearing fedora hats and long overcoats — one light-colored, one dark — photographed from a low angle with strong directional lighting.
Gelatin silver print of a long corridor in a deteriorated stone building, with heavily peeling walls and cracked concrete floor. A figure stands in silhouette mid-corridor, hunched over a large-format camera on a tripod, facing an arched iron gate in the distance.
Gelatin silver print, elevated view looking down a busy mid-20th century urban street lined with hotel signs and storefronts. Cable cars marked 'Municipal Railway' and 'Washington & Jackson Sts.' occupy the foreground, with dense automobile traffic, buses, and pedestrians receding toward a canyon of tall buildings in the distance.
Gelatin silver print, aerial cityscape of densely packed Victorian and Edwardian rowhouses covering hillside terrain, with a downtown skyline visible in the distance, high contrast rendering deep shadows across rooftops.
Gelatin silver print of a densely packed hillside neighborhood, with rows of wooden Victorian-style houses stacked behind storefronts and utility poles at street level; vintage automobiles and a city bus occupy the foreground.
Gelatin silver print of a stucco urban building facade, with a row of dark garage openings topped by sharp triangular concrete fins casting dramatic diagonal shadows; a multi-story apartment block with arched and rectangular windows rises behind, overhead wires crossing the upper frame.
Gelatin silver print, full-length portrait of a man in work clothes and a wide-brimmed white hat, leaning against a wooden doorframe with one arm raised. A "No Smoking" sign hangs behind him; stacked wooden crates visible at lower left.
Gelatin silver print of a nighttime coastal seascape, with luminous white foam of breaking waves contrasting against a dark shoreline and black water, cargo ships with lights visible on the horizon.
Gelatin silver print of a crowded beach scene, two figures in swimwear standing close together in the foreground, backs to the camera, facing a boardwalk lined with mid-century commercial signage including Coca-Cola and Royal Crown Cola advertisements, dense crowd and storefronts visible in the background
Artist or Maker
Max Yavno
Title
Max Yavno Portfolio One: Image As Poem
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1977
Medium
Gelatin-silver print
Dimensions
Image: 11 x 14; Mount: 16 x 20
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.2486.1-.13
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography