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Camera Obscura Image of Manhattan View Looking South in Large Room
Camera Obscura Image of Manhattan View Looking South in Large Room

Camera Obscura Image of Manhattan View Looking South in Large Room

Artist Abelardo Morell (American, born Cuba, 1948)
Date1996
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 18 × 22 1/2 inches (45.72 × 57.15 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4060
InscribedSignature Signed in artist's hand Back of Print
Edition/State/Proofed. 20/30
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DescriptionCamera obscura image of a dense city reflected upside down on the ceiling and wall of a large room. In the lower left corner of the frame there is a partially open door and a wooden chair. A small square table with two chairs is in the lower right.Gallery Label

Abelardo Morell transforms a New York City apartment using the centuries-old technique of a camera obscura, in which light enters a dark room through a small aperture to create an inverted image of the outdoors. His photograph of the phenomenon merges indoor and outdoor space into one seamless view.

Copyright© Abelardo Morell
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