#ernest cole

[forever70s]

photo by Ernest Cole, 1971

[joeinct]

West 14th Street, NYC, Photo by Ernest Cole, 1972

[louxosenjoyables]

[ishincroyable]

[gotankgo]

NYC, 1970s

- Ernest Cole

[nobrashfestivity]

Ernest Cole (South African, 1940-1990) Handcuffed blacks were arrested for being in white area illegally 1960-1966 Gelatin silver print Image/sheet: 24.5 x 16.5 cm (9 5/8 x 6 1/2 in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington © Ernest Cole / Magnum Photos

Cole's negatives were considered lost for a long time, but a collection of 60,000 negatives was found at a bank vault in Stockholm, Sweden, and, in April 2018, was given to his heirs, who had founded The Ernest Cole Family Trust. There are still 504 photographs held at the Hasselblad Foundation, with an estimated value of more than one million euros, and the ownership of these is in legal dispute. As of 2020, the legal dispute between Cole's estate and the Hasselblad Foundation is ongoing.

[questcequecestqueca]

Ernest Cole

[colonellickburger]

Ernest Cole, from House of Bondage. South Africa c. 1960s-1970s