Alaska
Catalogue
- Year
- 1955
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image/paper: 16.9 × 25.9 cm (6 11/16 × 10 1/4 in.); Mount: 45.7 × 35.8 cm (18 × 14 1/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Marc Riboud
Artist
Photography
Marc Riboud was a French photographer whose black-and-white images documented political upheaval, cultural transformation, and intimate human moments across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East from the 1950s onward. Working primarily in 35mm film, he developed a visual approach that balanced journalistic precision with a painter's attention to geometry and light. His photographs of the Vietnam War, Chinese Cultural Revolution, and daily life in remote regions appeared in Magnum Photos publications and major international exhibitions. Riboud's work exemplifies postwar humanist photography, combining unflinching documentation with formal subtlety.
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- Marc Riboud
- Year
- 1955
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image/paper: 16.9 × 25.9 cm (6 11/16 × 10 1/4 in.); Mount: 45.7 × 35.8 cm (18 × 14 1/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1955-103984
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified