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Elisabeth Sunday

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Elisabeth Sunday is an American photographer known for her black and white portraits of people in Africa and Asia. Her subjects have included Akan fishermen in Ghana, Koro men in the Omo Valley of Ethiopia, and nomadic women in Algeria, Mauritania, Mali and Niger, as well as people in Kenya and Zaire.

Source: Artsy · Trust score: 85% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (7)

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Akan Fisherman, Ghana: Totem

2010 · gelatin silver print, gold-toned

Image: 51.8 x 42.5 cm (20 3/8 x 16 3/4 in.); Paper: 60.4 x 50.4 cm (23 3/4 x 19 13/16 in.); Matted: 76.2 x 61 cm (30 x 24 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Akan Fisherman, Ghana: Hope

2010 · gelatin silver print, gold-toned

Image: 51.8 x 42.5 cm (20 3/8 x 16 3/4 in.); Paper: 60.4 x 50.4 cm (23 3/4 x 19 13/16 in.); Matted: 76.2 x 61 cm (30 x 24 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Parallel Lives, Taureg Women, The Sahara Desert, Mali

2009 · gelatin silver print, gold toned

Image: 51.6 x 39.7 cm (20 5/16 x 15 5/8 in.); Paper: 60.4 x 50.4 cm (23 3/4 x 19 13/16 in.); Matted: 76.2 x 61 cm (30 x 24 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Man, Taureg Man, The Sahara Desert, Mali

2007 · gelatin silver print, gold toned

Image: 49.3 x 39.4 cm (19 7/16 x 15 1/2 in.); Paper: 60.4 x 50.4 cm (23 3/4 x 19 13/16 in.); Matted: 76.2 x 61 cm (30 x 24 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Emergence from the Dreamtime, Aboriginal Women, Australia

1995 · gelatin silver print, gold-toned

Image: 89.5 x 73 cm (35 1/4 x 28 3/4 in.); Paper: 101.5 x 78.5 cm (39 15/16 x 30 7/8 in.); Matted: 114.3 x 96.5 cm (45 x 38 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Hand of the Divine, A Hindu Swami's Blessing, India

1995 · gelatin silver print, gold-toned

Image: 73.5 x 73.2 cm (28 15/16 x 28 13/16 in.); Paper: 100 x 78.9 cm (39 3/8 x 31 1/16 in.); Matted: 114.3 x 96.5 cm (45 x 38 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Guardian, The Efe Tribe, The Ituri Rain Forest, Zaire

1989 · gelatin silver print, gold-toned

Image: 85.7 x 71.4 cm (33 3/4 x 28 1/8 in.); Paper: 100.8 x 76.1 cm (39 11/16 x 29 15/16 in.); Matted: 121.9 x 96.5 cm (48 x 38 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Hand of the Divine, A Hindu Swami's Blessing, India
1995 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Guardian, The Efe Tribe, The Ituri Rain Forest, Zaire
1989 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Emergence from the Dreamtime, Aboriginal Women, Australia
1995 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Akan Fisherman, Ghana: Totem
2010 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Akan Fisherman, Ghana: Hope
2010 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Man, Taureg Man, The Sahara Desert, Mali
2007 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Parallel Lives, Taureg Women, The Sahara Desert, Mali
2009 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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