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Sophiatown Removals by Jürgen Schadeberg — VisualArtsDB

Sophiatown Removals

Sophiatown Removals

Jürgen Schadeberg

1960

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 24.2 × 16.4 cm (9 9/16 × 6 1/2 in.)
Genre: photography
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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photographygelatin silver printblack-and-white photographyphotographphotographic process

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