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Serra Pelada, State of Para, Brazil by Sebastião Salgado — VisualArtsDB

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Gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr
Serra Pelada, State of Para, Brazil

Serra Pelada, State of Para, Brazil

Serra Pelada, State of Para, Brazil

Sebastião Salgado

1986

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 30 × 44.5 cm (11 13/16 × 17 9/16 in.); Paper: 40 × 50 cm (15 3/4 × 19 11/16 in.)
Genre: Gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) pr
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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