Gilles Peress

Mountain Village, Kurdistan
1979, printed 1989

A black and white photograph capturing a group of people in a rural, hilly landscape. In the foreground, a young boy is looking directly at the camera with a neutral expression. Other children and adults are scattered throughout the scene, some walking and others standing in small groups. The background features rolling hills with sparse vegetation under a clear sky.
A black and white photograph capturing a group of people in a rural, hilly landscape. In the foreground, a young boy is looking directly at the camera with a neutral expression. Other children and adults are scattered throughout the scene, some walking and others standing in small groups. The background features rolling hills with sparse vegetation under a clear sky.

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Date
1979, printed 1989

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 19 15/16in. (40.5 × 50.6 cm) Image: 12 7/16 × 18 15/16in. (31.6 × 48.1 cm)

Accession number
96.182

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of May Castleberry

Rights and reproductions
© Gilles Peress, “Magnum Photos, New York”

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Gilles Peress
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