Swell
Artist
Thomas Allen
(American, born 1963)
Date2004
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsOverall: 20 × 24 inches (50.8 × 60.96 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the generosity of the Photography Society
Object number2009.3
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Thomas Allen has long been fascinated with books, as physical objects and for the alternative realities and knowledge they provide. To create this work, Allen used an X-Acto knife to carefully excise an illustration of a ship and arranged the book’s pages in a wave-like swell. Photographed close up to ensure a disorienting shift in scale, the still life playfully suggests a miniaturized voyage on the high seas.
Copyright© Thomas Allen
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