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"Igor, a location scout for the Russian film industry, climbs on a stranded boat. Only fifty years ago, this land would have been covered by water. Mangyshlak Peninsula, Kazakhstan, 2014"
"Igor, a location scout for the Russian film industry, climbs on a stranded boat. Only fifty years ago, this land would have been covered by water. Mangyshlak Peninsula, Kazakhstan, 2014"
Object Number 2019.5.1.30
Display Title "Igor, a location scout for the Russian film industry, climbs on a stranded boat. Only fifty years ago, this land would have been covered by water. Mangyshlak Peninsula, Kazakhstan, 2014"
Descriptions
Classification
  • Photographic
Department Photographic
Date 2014
Artist Chloe Dewe Mathews (2010)
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Kazakhstan
Materials Digital
Quantity 1
Credit Line Robert Gardner Fellow

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