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New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera-2006.
Lagos, Nigeria. VIP Wives (Women in Many Patterned Dresses)
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera-2006.

Lagos, Nigeria. VIP Wives (Women in Many Patterned Dresses)

Artist Ken Heyman (American, born 1930)
Date1959
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 9 3/4 × 13 5/8 in. (24.8 × 34.6 cm)
Overall, Mat: 15 15/16 × 20 in. (40.5 × 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineGift of Dr. Donald and Alice Lappe
Object number2005.29.9
Terms
  • Lagos
  • Nigeria
  • Women
  • dresses
  • Black
  • White
  • Gray
On View
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a gelatin silver print of VIP wives in Lagos, Nigeria. This group of women are wearing dresses and head wraps with many different patterns. One of the women breast feeds a new born baby.