Mirror of Long Ago
Artist
Clarence John Laughlin
(American, 1905 - 1985)
Date1946; printed 1981
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 13 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches (34.29 x 27.31 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1662
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Terms
Informed by a romantic Southern sensibility and a personal symbolic vocabulary, the photographs of Clarence John Laughlin represent a complex meditation on memory, death and desire. In this image, Laughlin employs double exposures and mirror reflections to conflate image and imagination, suggesting opulence, loss and the passing of time.
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