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Old Man Praying by Werner Bischof — VisualArtsDB

Old Man Praying

Old Man Praying

1951

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image/paper: 34.9 × 23 cm (13 3/4 × 9 1/16 in.); Mount: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 1/16 in.)
Genre: gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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religiondocumentaryphotographic techniquesphotographyphotographic processesblack-and-white photographyprayermangelatin silver (developing-out-paper) prphotographelderlyphotographic processphotographic paperportraits

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