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Waiting for the Bus on the Road to La Libertad, El Salvador by Susan Meiselas — VisualArtsDB

Waiting for the Bus on the Road to La Libertad, El Salvador

Waiting for the Bus on the Road to La Libertad, El Salvador

1980

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 30.2 × 45 cm (11 15/16 × 17 3/4 in.); Paper: 40.5 × 50.5 cm (16 × 19 15/16 in.)
Genre: gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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