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Installation view of the exhibition "Scenes for a New Heritage: Contemporary Art from the Collection"
March 7, 2015–April 10, 2016. IN2315.24. Photograph by Thomas Griesel.
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Allan Sekula
The rechristened Exxon Valdez awaiting sea trials after repairs. National Steel and Shipbuilding Company. San Diego harbor
from the series
Fish Story
August 1990
Allan Sekula
"Lead Fish." Variant of a conference room designed for the Chiat/Day advertising agency. Architect: Frank Gehry. Installation at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
from the series
Fish Story
May 1988
Allan Sekula
Remnants of a Roman harbor near Minturno, Italy
from the series
Fish Story
June 1992
Allan Sekula
Hammerhead crane unloading forty-foot containers from Asian ports. American President Lines terminal. Los Angeles harbor. San Pedro, California
from the series
Fish Story
November 1992
Allan Sekula
Shipyard-workers' housing--built during the Second World War--being moved from San Pedro to South-Central Los Angeles
from the series
Fish Story
May 1990
Allan Sekula
Shipyard-workers' housing--built during the Second World War--being moved from San Pedro to South-Central Los Angeles
from the series
Fish Story
May 1990
Allan Sekula
Koreatown, Los Angeles
from the series
Fish Story
April 1992
Allan Sekula
Workers cleaning up chemical spill after refinery explosion. Los Angeles harbor. Wilmington, California
from the series
Fish Story
October 1992
Allan Sekula
Abandoned shipyard used by Marine Corps Expeditionary Force for "counter-terrorist" exercises. Los Angeles harbor. Terminal Island, California
from the series
Fish Story
November 1992
Allan Sekula
"Pancake," a former shipyard sandblaster, scavenging copper from a waterfront scrapyard. Los Angeles harbor. Terminal Island, California
from the series
Fish Story
November 1992
Allan Sekula
Testing robot-truck designed to move containers within automated ECT/Sea-Land cargo terminal. Maasvlakte, Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands
from the series
Fish Story
September 1992
Allan Sekula
Text panel from the series Fish Story
1988-95