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The Human Cannonball by Weegee, (Arthur Fellig) — VisualArtsDB

The Human Cannonball

The Human Cannonball

Weegee, (Arthur Fellig)

1935–1945

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image/paper: 34.9 × 27.1 cm (13 3/4 × 10 11/16 in.); Mount: 51 × 40.7 cm (20 1/8 × 16 1/16 in.)
Genre: gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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photographic techniquesphotographycannonballsphotographic processesblack-and-white photographycarnivalsgelatin silver (developing-out-paper) prphotographphotographic processphotographic paper

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