Silent Seams
Photograph

Erich Hartmann

Maker
American, b. Germany, 1922–1999

Silent Seams

Pandemonium at the Philharmonic


1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 3/16 × 6 7/16 in. (23.4 × 16.3 cm)
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0375
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (Philharmonic) 9/62 34) SILENT SEAMS: the carpenters banished, silence \ reigns while Mr. Bernstein proceded with the Mahler symphony \ and the seamstresses stitch the carpet. \ Credit: Erich Hartmann © 1962 MAGNUM Photos
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