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A Woman Waiting in the Doorway, from the series "Harlem, U.S.A." by Dawoud Bey — VisualArtsDB

A Woman Waiting in the Doorway, from the series "Harlem, U.S.A."

A Woman Waiting in the Doorway, from the series "Harlem, U.S.A."

1976

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 15.5 × 22.8 cm (6 1/8 × 9 1/16 in., image); 35.4 × 27.6 cm (13 3/4 × 10 13/16 in., paper)
Genre: photograph
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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photographic techniquesAfrican Americanwomanphotographyphotographic processesharlemblack-and-white photographyNew Yorkphotographdoorwayphotographic paper

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