A black and white photograph of a teen couple dancing.

Teen Couple, Allentown Fair 1978

Artist Larry Fink (American, 1941 - 2023)

Date1978

Mediumgelatin silver print on Portriga Rapid Agfa paper and with an Omega D2v enlarger; over matted on 4-ply 100% rag archival board

DimensionsImage: 14 9/16 × 14 7/8 inches (37 × 37.8 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 15 15/16 inches (50.5 × 40.5 cm)
Matted: 24 × 20 inches (61 × 50.8 cm)

Portfolio/Series"Making Out, 1957-1980" portfolio

Credit LineGift of The Estrin Family.

Object number2011.19.2.3

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Copyright© Larry Fink. The images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextAfter photographer Larry Fink moved from New York City to a farm in upstate Pennsylvania in the late 1970s, he was drawn into the warm and unaffected social scene that was so different from the glittering, yet often vacuous New York society. His photographs are taken with an eye toward exposing the humanity of his subjects as he tries “[reaching] deeply into the pulsing matter of what it means to be alive and being vulnerable and seeing if I can cast an emotional legacy about being human.” In this photograph, Fink taps into the excitement and vulnerability of young love as a teenage couple embraces among the hustle and bustle of the Allentown, Pennsylvania, fairgrounds. Text written for 'Youthful Adventures: Growing Up in Photography' on view September 18, 2020-April 18, 2021.

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