Name/Title
Zydrea, Brooklyn, Akylah, and FriendsEntry/Object ID
2025.02.05Description
Zydrea, Brooklyn, Akylah, and Friends, Odgen International School, 2019. A group of five girls hang out around a bench at their high school.Context
While completing a seven-year artist residency in Chicago Public Schools, Pinney conducted a detailed study of predominantly Black and Latinx high schools and how a global pandemic, escalating racial and gender inequalities, and gun violence have affected students. From 2019 to 2022, she photographed day-to-day life at Ogden International in West Town and Nicholas Senn in Edgewater. The resulting series, In Their Own Light: Photographs from Chicago Public Schools, offers a unique, personal look at the city’s youth.Acquisition
Accession
2025.02Source or Donor
Pinney, Melissa AnnAcquisition Method
Gift / PurchaseCredit Line
Courtesy of the artistNotes
DonationMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Pinney, Melissa AnnRole
PhotographerDate made
2019Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsGetty AAT
Concept
documentary photographs, photographs, visual works (works)Hierarchy Name
Visual Works (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)Facet
Objects FacetLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
High school students, FriendshipCopyright
Copyright Holder
Pinney, Melissa Ann