Pyramids 1, Egypt
Artist
DoDo Jin Ming
(Chinese, born 1955)
Date1996
MediumGelatin silver prints
DimensionsFramed: 55 × 59 1/2 × 2 inches (139.7 × 151.13 × 5.08 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2010.14.16
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In this grid of images depicting the ancient pyramids of Egypt, DoDo Jin Ming explores both the technical nature and subjectivity of the photographic language, using the conceptual strategy of a typology. By shifting the vantage point, scale and tonal rendition in each of her photographs, Ming essentially abstracts her subject, suggesting that there is no one correct or official view, but rather collective (and subjective) variations of a type that inform the viewer's perceptions of these historic monuments.
Copyright© DoDo Jin Ming
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