Harvard Art Museums > 2019.314.12: Occupying Wall Street, December 18, 2011 Photographs Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Occupying Wall Street, December 18, 2011 (Accra Shepp) , 2019.314.12,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/365845. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2019.314.12 People Accra Shepp, American (New York, NY born 1962) Title Occupying Wall Street, December 18, 2011 Other Titles Series/Book Title: Occupying Wall Street Classification Photographs Work Type photograph Date 2011 Places Creation Place: North America, United States, New York, New York City Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/365845 Physical Descriptions Medium Gelatin silver print Technique Gelatin silver print Dimensions 40.6 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Accra Shepp, created 2011-2012, sold; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2019. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Richard and Ronay Menschel Fund for the Acquisition of Photographs Copyright © Accra Shepp Accession Year 2019 Object Number 2019.314.12 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description “Occupying Wall Street, December 18, 2011” Yajaira of the Mixtec Nation. Yajaira had come to the United States undocumented with her family at the age of four. The protest in Zuccotti Park this day centered on immigration and amnesty for undocumented children. The legislation was known as the Dream Act or by its acronym DACA. Yajaira opened a restaurant in the Bronx with her brother serving indigenous food. The restaurant, which has been very successful, employs only undocumented workers and has a resource area in the restaurant for undocumented people. She is now in law school. Related Works 2019.314 Accra Shepp Occupying Wall Street Photographs Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
