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Taking Ayesha to school, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed" by Dayanita Singh — VisualArtsDB

Taking Ayesha to school, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

Taking Ayesha to school, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

1992

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 30.5 × 45.7 cm (12 × 18 in., image); 40.6 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in., paper)
Genre: Photograph
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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photographic techniques21st Centuryphotographyphotographic processesblack-and-white photographyphotographphotographic paper

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To my left is my Guru Chaman, and to my right is my guru's eunuch brother Dugi, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

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