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A Barber in His Barbershop, from the series "Harlem, U.S.A." by Dawoud Bey — VisualArtsDB

A Barber in His Barbershop, from the series "Harlem, U.S.A."

A Barber in His Barbershop, from the series "Harlem, U.S.A."

1976

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 15.6 × 22.8 cm (6 3/16 × 9 in.); Paper: 35.4 × 28 cm (13 15/16 × 11 1/16 in.)
Genre: photograph
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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photographic techniques21st Centuryphotographybarbershopsphotographic processesblack-and-white photographymenphotographphotographic paperportraitsNew York City

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