Jewish Woman in Algeria
Medium
albumen print from glass negative
Dimensions
image: 20.3 × 15.7 cm · mounted: 44.7 × 30.6 cm
Classification
Photograph
Department
Photography
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Jo Hershey Selden Fund
Accession Number
2024.7
Tags
male
About this artwork
It is possible that this photograph was intended as an ethnographic study, but it conveys the sitter’s individuality, beauty, and dignity in a way that we associate with portraits. Muslim Arabs and Berbers, who comprised the majority of people living in Algeria, would most likely not have let their women be photographed without a veil covering the face.