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Mexico by Sebastião Salgado — VisualArtsDB

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Gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr
Mexico

Mexico

Mexico

Sebastião Salgado

1980

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 30.3 × 44.7 cm (11 15/16 × 17 5/8 in.); Paper: 40.2 × 50.6 cm (15 7/8 × 19 15/16 in.)
Genre: Gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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