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Five Children, from the series "Harlem, U.S.A." by Dawoud Bey — VisualArtsDB

Five Children, from the series "Harlem, U.S.A."

Five Children, from the series "Harlem, U.S.A."

1975–1979

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 22.8 × 15.4 cm (9 × 6 1/8 in.); Paper: 35.4 × 27.6 cm (13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.)
Genre: photograph
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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photographic techniquesAfrican Americanphotographyphotographic processesharlemblack-and-white photographyNew Yorkphotographchildrenphotographic paper

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