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Miguel

1999
(American, b. 1953)
America, 20th century
Polaroid
Image: 60.8 x 53.9 cm (23 15/16 x 21 1/4 in.); Image with border: 68.1 x 55.5 cm (26 13/16 x 21 7/8 in.); Paper: 73.4 x 55.7 cm (28 7/8 x 21 15/16 in.); Mounted: 74.3 x 56.7 cm (29 1/4 x 22 5/16 in.)
Gift of Carl and Joan Schneider 2018.310.2
Location: not on view
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The camera used to make this photograph weighed around 265 pounds and is 6 feet tall.

Description

In 1991 Bey attained access to Polaroid’s 20 x 24-inch view camera, a massive, complex, and highly specialized piece of equipment that produced monumental versions of the then-familiar, lushly colored instant pictures. He began experimenting with conveying several moments, and multiple aspects of a sitter’s experience, in a single work by combining individual exposures from the same sitting.
Miguel

Miguel

1999

Dawoud Bey

(American, b. 1953)
America, 20th century

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