Two generations – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Two generations in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Two generations
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Two generations of Algerian women share the frame in this 1977 color portrait from the Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs Division. The record does not name the sitters, so the picture speaks mainly through its pairing of an older woman and a younger one. It was made by the dye destruction process, a color printing method widely used in the 1970s that produced saturated, vivid colors. It dates from more than a decade after Algeria gained independence from France in 1962, a period of rapid social change, and portraits like this one help show how family ties and everyday life were recorded during those years.
| Created / published | 1977 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : color. |
| Genre | Portraits 1970-1980.Group portraits 1970-1980.Dye destruction prints Color 1970-1980. |
| Subjects | Women--Algeria--1970-1980. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,410 × 1,114 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219280 |
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