St. Croix, USVI, 2006

St. Croix, USVI, 2006

Print

Ron Jude

Maker
American, b. 1965

St. Croix, USVI, 2006

Postcards


2006
Offset photolithograph, printed 2006
of 500
Image: 10.2 x 12.6 cm
Overall: 10.8 x 15.2 cm
Gift of Sean Corcoran, 2007
2007.0106.0001
Inscriptions recto (in image): HAKLUYT'S VOYAGES
verso (printed): Ron Jude / St. Croix, USVI, 2006 / 1 / © 2006 Ron Jude www.ronjude.com
[no postmark]
(black ink): 2/3/07
THIS WAS THE LAST PHOTOGRAPH I / TOOK; AN ABANDONED SCHOOL ON A / TROPICAL ISLAND. RICHARD / HAKLUYT, WHO NEVER TRAVELED MUCH / HIMSELF, WAS A CHRONICLER OF / GLOBAL EXPLORATION. THIS WAS THE / PERFECT INVERSE OF WHAT I WAS / DOING WITH THESE PICTURES. AS A / PLACE, AND AS AN IDEA, IT / SEEMED LIKE A GOOD PLACE TO / START. / MORE TO FOLLOW. / -[signed] Ron
[addressed to] SEAN CORCORAN / GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE / 900 EAST AVE. / ROCHESTER, NY 14607

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