1955B appears in Hitchcock and Norris as Fig 52 (cropped). Caption reads ‘ Walter uses a white sheet to screen out distracting background details when taking a portrait photograph.’ Selected for HD Scan March 2010.
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Black and white print of water's edge with boats and houses on stilts over the water
object | ARC/GUP/006/277
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Kishi - Iseyhin, broken culvert
object | ARC/HMG/RS/STANFIELD/605/006
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Tribesman with beaded necklace
object | ARC/GUP/002/370
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Slide of structure with prayer flags
object | ARC/BAL/002/006/013
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