Ernest Cole photographs – Ernest Cole exhibitions

The photographer's work was mostly forgotten until 2017 when more than 60,000 negatives materialized from a Stockholm bank vault.

A black-and-white photograph of a woman kneeling by a river, washing clothes in a metal basin while carrying a sleeping baby on her back, wrapped in a cloth.

“House of Bondage: Vintage Prints from the Ernest Cole Family Trust – Part II” is on view at Magnum Gallery through March 29, 2025.

Ernest Cole photographs – Ernest Cole exhibitions