View of retaining walls and buildings at Wiñay Wayna [Forever Young], near Machu Picchu, Peru

People:

Martín Chambi (photographer)
Edward Ranney (printer)

Title:

View of retaining walls and buildings at Wiñay Wayna [Forever Young], near Machu Picchu, Peru

Date:

1941

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 33.0 x 44.4 cm sheet: 40.5 x 50.4 cm

Reference number:

PH1984:0482

Point of View:

exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- The photograph is printed on polycontrast rapid paper.

Inscription:

inscribed, dated and signed - by the photographic printer, in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.l. to l.c.: "Martin Chambi" and with title; l.r.: "print ER/VC 1978" inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: "ST"

Location:

Machu Picchu; Peru;

Subject:

architecture
topographic

Subject Descriptive Terms:

ruins
trees
buildings
mountain
archaeological site
retaining walls

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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