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This event is in the past.It took place on March 15, 2007 at WESTWOOD GALLERY NYC.

Portraits of a Village, 1950s-70s 1
Fine Arts Exhibition
Portraits of a Village, 1950s-70s 2
Portraits of a Village, 1950s-70s 3
Portraits of a Village, 1950s-70s 4
Portraits of a Village, 1950s-70s 5

Portraits of a Village, 1950s-70s

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An Algerian photographer shot 10,000 village portraits in a studio behind a grocery store. These 55 silver gelatin prints capture youth posing with plastic plants and cigarettes, couples kissing, and Berber women who rarely unveiled for anyone.

Mid-century photography
North African history
Portrait photography
Cultural documentation

Tips

📸archive of 10,000+ portraits taken 1950-1980
🌿studio backdrops featured plastic plants and patterned curtains
🧕tattooed Berber women only unveiled for husbands typically

WESTWOOD GALLERY NYC

262 Bowery, New York, NY 10012, USA

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