ArtistMartha Tabor
Lanier Street Fire Crew
Date1981
MediumSilver gelatin print
Dimensions16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Framed Size: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
Credit LineDC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Art Bank Collection
Object numberDCCAH1999.182
ClassificationsPhotographs
Locations
- Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety (1350 Penn Ave NW, 109)
DescriptionBefore turning to photography, Martha Tabor served as an English teacher, a union organizer, and then a welder. While working as the first female welder in the DC Metro system in the 1970s, she began photographing her colleagues as well as other female laborers across the District, including midwives and construction workers. In 1980, she undertook a project photographing city workers, which resulted in these pictures as well as images of librarians, sanitation workers, cafeteria workers, and street cleaners.
