In December 1998 the deppression started and has refused to leave me ever since, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"

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Photography and Media

1999, printed 2008

Dayanita Singh
Indian, born 1961

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Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Dayanita Singh
Title: In December 1998 the deppression started and has refused to leave me ever since, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"
Place: India (Artist's nationality)
Date: Made 1999
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 30.5 × 45.7 cm (12 × 18 in., image); 40.6 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in., paper)
Credit Line: Photography Associates and Contemporary Art Discretionary Funds
Reference Number: 2013.131.14

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