[Older man covers his face and holds a crutch]
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[Older man covers his face and holds a crutch]

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Photograph

Aaron Huey

Maker
American, b. 1975

[Older man covers his face and holds a crutch]

From Svanetia (National Geographic Magazine)


2004
Inkjet print
Image: 4 3/4 × 7 1/8 in. (12.1 × 18.1 cm)
Paper: 5 1/4 × 7 1/2 in. (13.3 × 19.1 cm)
Mount: 8 1/2 × 11 in. (21.6 × 27.9 cm)
Gift of the FiftyCrows Foundation, 2015
2015.0133.1653
Inscriptions Printed in black ink on mount on recto, BC: 14. Depression, alcoholism, and unemployment are all prevalent since the breakup of the Soviet Union. / With independence came instability and poverty. Svanetia, once a Soviet Era tourist destination, has been left in ruins. / (c) 2004 Aaron Huey

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