Untitled
Series TitleHouse
Artist
Shoei Tamura
(Japanese, born 1947)
DateJune 22, 1968; printed 1988
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 16 x 16 inches (40.64 x 40.64 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.2984
InscribedSignature
Signed in artist's hand
Front of Print
On View
Not on viewCollections
Terms
Night Light: a Survey of 20th Century Night Photography, Stephens College, Columbia, MO, January 18 - February 26, 1993, no cat.
Heavens: Photographs of the Sky & Cosmos. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 11 - November 13, 2011, no cat.
Reflecting the unpredictable nature of weather and sky, Shoei Tamura’s photographs deftly illustrate the power of primal forces and the interplay between nature and culture. Using a long exposure to capture multiple bolts of lightning in a single image, Tamura depicts the ragged energy of atmospheric electricity striking in eerily close proximity to a silent row of houses.
Copyright© Shoei Tamura
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