Large group posing outside with balloons, Riga, 1982
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Large group posing outside with balloons, Riga, 1982

Maker: Unknown

Date Made: 1982; 1980s
Country: Soviet Union
Materials: photographic paper; emulsion; ink; pencil; craft paper; adhesive
Method: photographic prints
Measurements: 4 3/4 in x 8 1/2 in
Language: Russian; English
Genre/Form: black-and-white photographs

Dozens of hippies pose for a group portrait in Riga, Latvia, 1982. The group clusters on a stone steps that incline up and towards the back. The group is offset to the left. Front and center among the group, a peson sits with a small handdrawn sign. The sign reads "Hippiedom Rem[..]" with the rest of the text not being legible. Below it is a handdrawn peace symbol. A few hippies in the group hold balloons with peace symbols drawn on them. Farther back, several hippies show the V or peace symbol with their hands. To the right of the group, ruins of stone steps rise up and back.

Collection/Series: Soviet Hippie Collection
Sub-series: Genadii Borisovich Zaitsev Collection
Accession Number: 2013.1029.1610

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