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Peasants Fishing in the Nile River, Luxor, Egypt by Henri Cartier-Bresson — VisualArtsDB

Peasants Fishing in the Nile River, Luxor, Egypt

Peasants Fishing in the Nile River, Luxor, Egypt

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1950

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 8 15/16 x 13 9/16 in. (22.7 x 34.45 cm) (image, sheet)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Minneapolis Institute of Art

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