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Cheick F. Quattara
2014
from the Tipo Passe series

Medium
type C photograph
Measurements
100.0 × 80.0 cm
Edition
ed. 4/5
Accession Number
2016.205
Department
International Photography
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bowness Family Fund for Contemporary Photography, 2016
© Edson Chagas. Courtesy of Stevenson, Cape Town
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work

The images in this series by Edson Chagas are photographed in the style of passport photographs; the series title, Tipo Passe, is Portuguese for passport. Chagas has used this format, perhaps the most common form of photography, and transformed it into large-scale portraits. A globally recognised form of identification and the fundamental document to enable migration and movement across borders, the passport photograph has an increased significance in the twenty- first century as refugees move across borders in numbers that have not been seen for decades.