White Bucket, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1988

Provenance

Foley Gallery, New York, 24 April 2006.

Private Collection.

Notes

Printed in 2005, as inscribed on the reverse of the sheet.

Negative number: 8907-110/3.

Rosalind Fox Solomon is an American photographer renowned for her unflinching explorations of human suffering, survival, and resilience. Based in New York City, she developed a distinct visual language rooted in empathy and emotional intensity. While photography remains her primary medium, Solomon has also created installations such as Adios and Catacombs, expanding her practice into a variety of mediums.

Her work spans geographies and cultures, from the American South and Peru to India, South Africa, and the Middle East. Her work often focuses on themes of ritual, illness, racial injustice, and conflict. One of her most significant bodies of work, Portraits in the Time of AIDS (1988), offered a deeply human perspective on the AIDS crisis at a time when stigma and fear were pervasive.

Solomon’s photographs have been exhibited internationally, including at the Museum of Modern Art and the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC and are held in major public and private collections. Continuing to create into her 90s, her recent project A Woman I Once Knew (2024) stands as a poignant meditation on aging, memory, and identity, affirming her place as one of the most vital voices in contemporary photography.