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Surf Sequence No. 5 by Ansel Adams — VisualArtsDB

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Surf Sequence No. 5

1940

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 8 × 9 5/8" (20.2 × 24.5 cm)
Genre: Photograph
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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