Diplomatic Silence

Diplomatic Silence

Photograph

Priya Ramrakha

Maker
Kenyan, 1935–1968

Diplomatic Silence

Nightwatch at the U.N.


January 1963
Gelatin silver print
Image: 5 7/8 × 9 3/8 in. (15 × 23.8 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0465
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, recto BC: (UN) 1/63 19) DIPLOMATIC SILENCE: By 9:30 p.m. empty glasses and the \ symbolic map of the world in the Delegates Lounge are all that remain \ of the behind-the-scenes talks which play so large a part in \ international diplomacy. \ Credit: Priya Ramrakha © 1963 MAGNUM Photos
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