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MA Thesis Exhibition Design
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LACMA resnick pavilion LIGHT AS SUBJECT 2014 THE MAKING OF CAMERALESS PHOTOGRAPHY
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Sheet 1 COLLEEN BERNHARD || MAEX THESIS || May 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Mission 3 Big Idea 4 Teaching Points 5 Site & Location 6 Audience Analysis 8 Space Plan 9 Entrance Treatment 11 Photographers & Darkroom Wolfgang Tillmans 12 James Welling 21 Darkroom 25 Garry Fabian Miller 30 Gordon Douglas Ball 36 Look and Feel: Materials & Finishes 41 Graphics 42 Mission.
To explore the trends, and re-emergence as a medium, of abstract photography through the diverse cameraless photographs of four contemporary photographers, specifically highlighting their techniques and manipulation of light in and out of the darkroom.
3 What else can a photograph be? colleen bernhard
Exhibit Context MA Thesis Exhibition Design In the last few decades, abstract photography has forced photographers and viewers to look at an old medium through a new lens, namely a cameraless one. Light As Subject explores the trends and emergence of abstract photography light as subject LACMA through the contemporary photographs of Wolfgang Tillmans, James Welling, Garry Fabian Miller and Gordon Douglas Ball. resnick pavilion 2014 All experienced photographers rooted in traditional documentary style, this exhibit highlights the photographers’ specific contemporary techniques in and out of the darkroom: how their abstract processes differ from traditional techniques, while specifically highlighting their interest in light, color, time and nature.
Questions to Consider
How and why are photographers, experienced in traditional technique, exploring the abstract?
What is a photogram, a luminogram, a chemigram? big idea
What makes a photograph a photograph?
How does abstract photography visually compare to abstract painting?
What are the origins of abstract photography?
Why now? Corcoran college of art + design
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SCALE: “Photography from its inception was a much more ambiguous medium than we tend to n/a give it credit for. Photography is an abstracting medium right from the get go – in that it carves out something out of the flow of time.” Sheet 4 Lyle Rexer, author of The Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abstraction in Photography LIGHT AS SUBJECT colleen bernhard
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PHOTOGRAPHERS DARKROOM light as subject LACMA resnick pavilion goal: to display abstract cameralass photographs goal: to explore abstract and traditional 2014 created from 2000-present photographic processes in the darkroom
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wolfgang tillmans james welling b. 1968. Remscheid, Germany b. 1958 Connecticut, U.S video projection showing demonstration space run by interviews & behind-the-scenes staff & local photographers - POINTS TEACHING looks into the photographers’ allows visitors to learn about the unique darkrooms processes via hands-on programs
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inspiration time May 2014 reflections nature impression abstract prism SCALE: shadows color n/a chance process garry fabian miller gordon douglas ball light b. 1957 Bristol, England B. 1979 Montreal, Quebec transformation exposure dark technique Sheet exposure 5 colleen bernhard
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SCALE: n/a Exhibit Site: Resnick Pavilion, LA County Museum of Art Sheet 6 colleen bernhard
MA Thesis Exhibition Design shades partially deployed light as subject
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east facing aerial view of building shades open Corcoran college architecture at a glance special features of art + design
Architect: Renzo Piano saw tooth roof opens the space to northern light May 2014 glass panels set at 45 degree incline with shades & skrims to building size: 45,000 square feet, SCALE: block unwanted sunlight n/a exhibit Size: 9,600 sq ft. central space sensitive materials requiring low foot candles can be displayed Sheet glass facade entrance [center of building] at night when shades are fully deployed 7 IPOP is a contemporary theory on museum-going colleen bernhard [ideas] visitors developed by the what makes a photograph a photograph? what role does the photographer have in the process? Smithsonian’s Office of i Policy & Analysis. MA Thesis what happens when the camera is removed? does a photo have a subject? how does light pass through the photo? Exhibition Design IPOP represents a range of specific learning preferences light as subject believed to affect the level LACMA resnick pavilion of engagement, excitement, 2014 and overall educational effectiveness of an exhibit [people] on a visitor. While a visitor p may fall into one category, many people fall between a few of the learning styles. tillmans welling fabian miller ball Light As Subject includes experiences within each category, therefore [objects] enhancing each visitor’s audience overall experience and 0 appealing to a wider and more diverse audience.
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JAMES WELLING
Darkroom Table & Equipment Overview
Darkroom featuring a video of interviews with the photographers
*dual function for darkroom demonstrations Plan Space
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Gordon Douglas Ball Corcoran college of art + design Colors are in order of typical visitor experience May 2014
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resnick pavilion extends into two additional exhibit spaces on either side of Light as Subject Sheet visitors enter building in center and have option of three exhibits 9 right isometric aerial view
colleen The darkroom shows a film featuring all four bernhard photographers - discussing their work & inspiration with abstraction. This space dually Exit to other interior functions as a programming space. spaces - cannot MA Thesis exit the building in Interactive screen showing Exhibition Design the back. Tillmans’ documentary work for context - allows visitors light as subject to search his previous work LACMA resnick pavilion and zoom in and interact 2014 with contact sheets. Space Plan Space
Station featuring Corcoran college darkroom equipment of and information, located art + design outside the darkroom. May 2014
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LACMA resnick pavilion 2014 ENTRANCE
Corcoran college of art + design the approach May 2014 from the center & right Upon entering the Pavilion the visitor is given three exhibits to explore, one in the central space, one to the left SCALE: and one to the right. Light as Subject inhabits the central space with a large entrance wall title and quote. n/a
The cutout window seen above on the prism color wall creates a sightline Sheet from the left entrance hall to the second gallery within the exhibit. 11 “ With these abstract pictures, although the eye recognizes them as photographic rather than painted, the eye also tries to connect them to reality. There is always this association machine working in the brain, and that is why it is important to me that they are actually photographic and not painted.” wolfgang tillmans b. 1968. Remscheid, Germany
12 N wolfgang tillmans colleen Freishwimmer Series bernhard
Tillmans’ intro panel, 1 of 3 gradations of purple representing MA Thesis the photographer. Purple painted panel with vinyl black lettering. Exhibition Design All photographer text panels are of the same material and finish. S
23'-11" light as subject LACMA 2'-6" resnick pavilion 2014 20'-0" photographers photographers
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May 2014 Back of Entrance Wall 1 Scale: 1/4" = 1'-0" SCALE: as noted
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MA Thesis Exhibition Design Quotes reflecting the S photographer’s interest in light light as subject are represented in each gallery. LACMA resnick pavilion 2014
16’ wall attached to the west 32'-5" wall, breaks the height of the room while creating a physical division of photograph series.
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Tillmans West Wall Elevation and Attached Wall May 2014 1 Scale: 3/16" = 1'-0" Purple painted kick board outlines the perimeter SCALE: of the attached wall. Each free standing wall in as noted the exhibit features the corresponding gradation in the photographer’s section. Sheet 14 colleen bernhard
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2nd gradation of purple, describing the next MA Thesis section of photographs. Each panel includes Exhibition Design behind-the-scenes photos and information S about the photographer and his process for the light as subject following photographs, as well as materials used. LACMA resnick pavilion 2014
Reverse side of the 28'-9" perpendicular divider. 2'-6"
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Corcoran college of art + design Tillmans Attached Wall with Perpendicular West Elevation 5 2 Scale: 3/16" = 1'-0" Digital Interactive that allows visitors to learn more about Tillmans’ May 2014 background in documentary camera-based photography. Each photographer in the exhibit started their careers behind the camera and SCALE: have since moved to abstraction. This interactive encourages visitors to as noted make a visual comparison between the past and present on their own. Sheet 16 colleen bernhard
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SCALE: n/a wolfgang tillmans, section 2 Sheet Sightline through to Gordon Douglas Ball’s Room Mental Picture Series & Digital Interactive 17 tillmans interactive
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A two sided digital screen table MA Thesis top allows multiple visitors Exhibition Design 6'-0" to explore Tillmans’ previous 2'-8" documentary work, while light as subject learning more about his life. LACMA resnick pavilion 2014 2'-6" 2'-0"
Interactive Top Plan 1 Scale: 1/2" = 1'-0" contact sheets allow visitors to zoom in and out on certain photographs photographers
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Sheet 18 N wolfgang tillmans colleen Silver & Lighter Series bernhard
MA Thesis Exhibition Design S 3rd and final gradation and section of Tillmans. light as subject LACMA resnick pavilion 2014
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SCALE: n/a wolfgang tillmans, Corner & View to darkroom Sheet Silver & Lighter Series 20 “I observe color more intensely. i see more color in the world, because i have become attuned to looking for it in photographic prints. i find that the longer i look at something now, the more colors i see in an object or in a situation. ” James Welling b. 1958 Connecticut, U.S
21 N james welling colleen Degrades & Geometric Abstractions bernhard
MA Thesis Exhibition Design S Glass panel allows visitors to see into Welling’s section from the entrance. light as subject Here Tillmans’ quote on his west LACMA resnick pavilion elevation is visible. 2014
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Corcoran college of art + design Welling West & South Elevation 1 Scale: 3/16" = 1'-0" May 2014 Two red gradations separate Degrades (left) from SCALE: Geometric Abstractions (right). as noted These series are on the West & South walls respectively. Sheet 22 colleen bernhard
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MA Thesis Exhibition Design S light as subject Welling’s quote on light & color. LACMA resnick pavilion 2014
55'-3" Last and final gradation and text panel for Welling’s section, detailing the last series represented (Flowers). 20'-0" photographers
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Sheet 24 THE DARKROOM
25 THE DARKROOM H0LDS DUAL PURPOSE
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MA Thesis 1.. A WINDOW INTO THE PHOTOGRAPHERS’ WORLDS Exhibition Design light as subject
LACMA The Darkroom is a multifunctional room within the exhibit, central to the physical space of the photographer’s rooms resnick pavilion 2014 and central to the conceputal theme of light and abstraction. All four photographers worked in a darkroom to create photographs throughout their careers.
However each photographer approaches the process and technique and even physical space in entirely separate and unique ways. As the visitor enters the darkroom during regular museum hours they will find an indepth compilation video featuring interviews and an indepth look at the world in which each photographer creates his photos.
2. DEMONSTRATION DARKROOM The Darkroom will also function as a demonstration space for programs and special events. The darkroom process, while integral to the creation of photographs, varies greatly with each photographer. Programming within the room [with the removal of benches and bringing in of darkroom equipment and teachers] will allow the visitors to experiment or observe how certain photographs were created.
While many of the processes and techniques of the photographs remain only with the photographer, teachers and local photographers will have the opportunity to learn more about each technique and explore new processes with chemicals Corcoran college and equipment never experienced before. of art + design
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colleen bernhard Slightly extruded graphic panel from floor to ceiling, gradation from red with darkroom image to white with text introducing the visitor to the darkroom. Text encourages MA Thesis 2” extruded purple visitors to return for scheduled demonstrations. Exhibition Design acrylic panel with white S extruded acrylic letters. light as subject LACMA resnick pavilion 2014
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23'-0" 2'-6" 15'-0" 9'-0" Extruded aluminum tubing with thin metal rods hold each panel, reminiscent of developed photographs hanging in the darkroom. DARKROOM 20'-0" 3'-0" 1'-10" 3'-6"
Corcoran college of art + design Darkroom Entrance & Side Interactive Elevations 1 Scale: 3/16" = 1'-0" Individual panels describe each May 2014 Table following the perimeter of the piece of equipment and step in the exterior Darkroom corner displays developing process. Beneath the SCALE: traditional darkroom equipment panels is a clear glass table top as noted for visitors to examine closely. over the red corner table. Equipment found on this table will Sheet be used in the darkroom during 28 demonstrations and programs. 27'-11" colleen bernhard 11'-0" The interior of the darkroom includes 4 plush black cusions over clear glass legs, encouraging visitors to sit and enjoy the compilation of videos and interviews with the phtographers. Each photographer has a unique MA Thesis approach to their darkroom and photographic process that is hard to Exhibition Design portray via text alone. Interviews and inside looks into their own studios give visitors a deeper understanding of their inspiration & surroundings. light as subject
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Interior Darkroom Callout 1 Scale: 1/8" = 1'-0"
In addition to the video projection, this DARKROOM space dually functions as an area for programming and demonstrations. Scheduled periodically throughout the week, each demonstration session will delve into a different aspect of creating a photograph, whether traditionally in Corcoran college the darkroom or experimenting with of chemicals, color and light. This dual art + design function encourages visitors to return to the exhibit, each time taking away May 2014 a different story or experience. The SCALE: darkroom appeals to everyone on the as noted IPOP visitor spectrum. Sheet 29 “i am interested in the way it feels on my body and on my eyes... but i also think of light as thought, of trying to make visible my thinking. ” garry fabian miller b. 1957 Bristol, England
30 N garry fabian miller Spring Equinox & Midwinter Series colleen bernhard
Miller divides his work in various ways, including seasons of the year: Midwinter, MA Thesis Exhibition Design Spring Equinox, Midsummer & MidAutumn Equinox. Miller’s section of the exhibit S is divided into these 4 sections, again separated by a gradation of yellow. light as subject
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Sheet 31 N garry fabian miller Spring Equinox & MidSummer Series colleen bernhard
MA Thesis Exhibition Design S light as subject Miller’s quote on the physical affect light has on people. LACMA resnick pavilion 2014
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Miller Exterior Corner of Free Standing Wall Interior Corner of Free Standing Wall 1 2 Corcoran college Scale: 3/16" = 1'-0" Scale: 3/16" = 1'-0" of art + design
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Adding a 4 sided free standing structure provided more space for the Yellow kickboard outlines the free SCALE: seasonal photo sections. Each photographer has many photographs in standing wall, linking the photographs as noted each of their series, the exhibit highlights a selection in each section. with the panels and themes. Sheet 32 colleen bernhard
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MA Thesis The back free standing wall is placed strategically to block the natural sunlight from the north exterior floor to ceiling Exhibition Design glass doors. This is the only free standing wall that is the same size as the perimeter walls, reaching from floor to ceiling. S This wall placement also establishes the exit from the gallery into the 2 remaining exhibit sections in the building. light as subject LACMA resnick pavilion 2014
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Corcoran college of art + design Miller Back Exit Wall Miller North Elevation 1 2 Scale: 3/16" = 1'-0" Scale: 3/16" = 1'-0" May 2014
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SCALE: n/a garry fabian miller, Back Corner Looking to Gordon Douglas Ball Sheet Midsummer & Autumn Equinox Series 35 “What if I leaked the film, developed traditionally, then re bleached it with Clorox, or re developed it with hair developer. Or what if I did NOt rinse the bleach off the film, so it stains. I wanted to take photography sideways, not forward or backwards.” GORDON DOUGLAS BALL B. 1979 Montreal, Quebec
36 N gordon douglas ball colleen Alternative Methods & Materials bernhard
MA Thesis Exhibition Design First gradation of Ball’s section. In comparison to the other photographers, Ball S does not group his work into distinctive series. His room is divided loosely by light as subject method and material, two aspects of photography in which he likes to experiment. LACMA resnick pavilion 2014
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Ball quote reflecting on his approach to abstraction. 20'-0" photographers
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MA Thesis Exhibition Design S 2nd gradation 3rd gradation and light as subject
and panel on panel on back of LACMA back wall. free standing wall. resnick pavilion 2014
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Corcoran college of art + design Ball North Elevation Ball Free Standing Wall [Front] Ball Free Standing Wall [Front] Ball Free Standing Wall [Back] Ball Free Standing Wall [Back] 1 2 2 3 3 Scale: 3/16" = 1'-0" Scale: 3/16" = 1'-0" Scale: 3/16" = 1'-0" Scale: 3/16" = 1'-0" Scale: 3/16" = 1'-0" May 2014
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palette of gray wall colors LOOK & FEEL a palette of grays and whites allows the colors clear tempered UV protected glass panels in the photos and accompanying text panels
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wolfgang tillmans James welling Garry fabian miller Gordon Douglas Ball MA Thesis Exhibition Design
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*Miller adds an additional May 2014 gradation so to represent the 4 seasons in his work. SCALE: n/a
Each photographer’s section features 20’ x 2.5’ color block panels on the walls - visually and conceptually separating Sheet the rooms into series and techniques. All colors were extracted from the photographer’s individual photographs. 42 Tillmans TEXT PANELS
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Wolfgang Tillmans light as subject introduction LACMA resnick pavilion 2014
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Wolfgang Tillmans LUMINOGRAMS CHEMIGRAMS b. 1968. Remscheid, Germany & THREE DIMENSIONAL
“With these abstract pictures, although Corcoran college the eye recognizes them as photographic Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, CHEMIGRAMS rather than painted, the eye also tries to consectetur adipiscing elit. connect them to reality. There’s always this Curabitur porta mi quam, quis association machine working in the brain, and faucibus nulla ultricies eget. of that is why it is important to me that they are Cum sociis natoque penatibus Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur & THREE DIMENSIONAL actually photographic and not painted.” et magnis dis parturient TILLMANS adipiscing elit. Curabitur porta mi quam, montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. art + design quis faucibus nulla ultricies eget. Cum sociis Aliquam nulla nisi, interdum a natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient massa id, ullamcorper sodales montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Aliquam nulla augue. Aliquam sagittis mauris nisi, interdum a massa id, ullamcorper sodales tellus. Praesent tempus eget Often compared in retrospectives with his augue. Aliquam sagittis mauris tellus. Praesent erat eu cursus. Mauris feugiat earlier documentary style photos, Tillmans’s tempus eget erat eu cursus. Mauris feugiat accumsan scelerisque. abstract work covers a wide variety of darkroom accumsan scelerisque. May 2014 techniques that reflect both the historicity of early Moholy-Nagy photograms and the color and fluidity of early 20th century German expressionism. SCALE: n/a
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JAMES WELLING light as subject LACMA introduction resnick pavilion 2014
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JAMES WELLING geometric absractions b. 1958 Connecticut, U.S flowers
After moving to Los Angeles over 30 years ago, Geometric Abstractions, created in similar fashion Flowers, originally black and white exposures of James Welling began to explore the relationship to Flowers but with strips of paper. plumbago blossoms that were then layered with Corcoran college between science and abstraction through a various colored gels series of colorfully diverse photograms. Believing Lorem ipsum photographs do not have to be content-driven dolor sit amet, to produce meaning, each of the almost 10 consectetur adipisc- flowers of photogram series are uniquely hand manipulated ing elit. Curabitur in the darkroom with complicated color gels. porta mi quam, quis faucibus nulla Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur art + design ultricies eget. adipiscing elit. Curabitur porta mi quam, degrades quis faucibus nulla ultricies eget. Cum sociis Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. ‘Degrades’ is a term Welling made up montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Aliquam nulla Aliquam nulla nisi, interdum a massa id, ullam- himself for shadowed gradations of color nisi, interdum a massa id, ullamcorper sodales corper sodales augue. Aliquam sagittis mauris created with photographic paper, an augue. Aliquam sagittis mauris tellus. Praesent tellus. Praesent tempus eget erat eu cursus. tempus eget erat eu cursus. Mauris feugiat May 2014 enlarger and piece of cardboard. Mauris feugiat accumsan scelerisque. accumsan scelerisque.
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TEXT PANELS colleen sections bernhard
MA Thesis Garry Fabian Miller Exhibition Design INTRODUCTION & light as subject midwinter LACMA resnick pavilion 2014
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MIDSUMMER
Garry Fabian Miller SPRING EQUINOX MIDSUMMER AUTUMN EQUINOX b. 1957 Bristol, England
Garry Fabian Miller has “I’m interested in the way it Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisc- experimented with abstract feels on my body and on my ing elit. Curabitur porta mi quam, quis faucibus Corcoran college pictures in his darkroom since eyes… but I also think of light nulla ultricies eget. Cum sociis natoque penatibus Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisc- 1992. Enamored with light and as thought, of trying to make et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ing elit. Curabitur porta mi quam, quis faucibus nature, Fabian Miller explores visible my thinking.” ridiculus mus. Aliquam nulla nisi, interdum a nulla ultricies eget. Cum sociis natoque penatibus the cyclical nature of time massa id, ullamcorper sodales augue. Aliquam et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur of through his four mesmerizing ridiculus mus. Aliquam nulla nisi, interdum a Donec dignissim sapien non sapien ultricies sagittis mauris tellus. Praesent tempus eget erat seasonal series: Midwinter, massa id, ullamcorper sodales augue. Aliquam egestas. Pellentesque quis nisi nulla. Curabitur eu cursus. Mauris feugiat accumsan scelerisque. Spring Equinox, Midsummer, sagittis mauris tellus. Praesent tempus eget erat porta, risus in elementum tristique, quam Sed eu ante et lorem bibendum congue. In sit art + design and Autumn Equinox. eu cursus. Mauris feugiat accumsan scelerisque. lorem facilisis tortor, eu elementum justo amet dolor in metus pharetra iaculis. Mediating rays of light through oil filled vessels, Sed eu ante et lorem bibendum congue. In sit sapien vitae elit. plants, and strips of paper, Fabian Miller creates Quisque mollis dolor a laoreet dignissim. Aliquam amet dolor in metus pharetra iaculis. Quisque mollis dolor a laoreet dignissim. AUTUMN EQUINOX unique and lustrous dye destruction prints with arcu nibh, commodo at elit quis, elementum geometric patterns that seem to glow off the porta velit. Aenean dictum consequat ante, vel page. Resonating with energy, the light reacts ornare purus placerat ac. Morbi interdum justo to varying degrees of exposure (sometimes up nec fringilla volutpat. May 2014 to 15 hours) casting shadows and colors onto the photographic paper. While individual in color and exposure, the works within each season are often shown side by side, as they are in constant conversation. SCALE: n/a
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GORDON DOUGLAS BALL light as subject introduction LACMA resnick pavilion 2014
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GORDON DOUGLAS BALL ALTERNATE METHODS materials & inspiration B. 1979 Montreal, Quebec
Creating a makeshift space What happens if you leak the Son of award winning at night in his bathroom and film with a plastic bag from photographer, Doug Ball, Gordon then processing on his stove the deli and then re-bleach it Corcoran college grew up immersed in the world or balcony, Ball followed the with Clorox or hair developer materials & of photography; shooting record traditional steps without the or even redevelop after covers, working for the Montreal traditional methods. already processing? of Gazette and signing with Reuters at a young age. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur Using materials around his house and borrowing inspiration Uninterested in photojournalism and inspired adipiscing elit. Curabitur porta mi quam, from the construction sites he works on day by art + design by 20th century abstract painting, Ball moved quis faucibus nulla ultricies eget. Cum sociis day, Ball continues to experiment with abstraction from Canada to New York in his early 30s and natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient through photography and painting. explored the making of photographs without a montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Aliquam nulla camera, to find his own relation with the medium. nisi, interdum a massa id, ullamcorper sodales After the move, Ball began to test different augue. Aliquam sagittis mauris tellus. Praesent processes for developing film. tempus eget erat eu cursus. Mauris feugiat May 2014 accumsan scelerisque.
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NEGATIVES colleen bernhard
MA Thesis In photography, a negative is an image, Exhibition Design usually on a strip or sheet of transparent plastic film, in which the lightest areas of the photographed subject appear darkest light as subject and the darkest areas appear lightest. LACMA resnick pavilion This reversed order occurs because of 2014 the extremely light-sensitive chemicals a camera film must use to capture an image quickly enough for ordinary picture- taking, which are darkened, rather title font: Ostric Sans - Medium than bleached, by exposure to light and subsequent photographic processing. size: 260 pt
graphic example of Body Font: Abadi MT Condensed Light darkroom text panel Size: 60 pt graphics
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LACMA resnick pavilion Text labels vary throughout the exhibit, accompanying chosen photos 2014 explaining their origin, techniques, and materials. Every photo does not have a detailed label as many photos are part of a much longer and detailed series. The series are explained in the large text and intro panels in each section.
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LIGHT AS SUBJECT
THE MAKING OF CAMERALESS PHOTOGRAPHY lacma 2014
Corcoran college An interactive look at the making of abstract photography through the diverse cameraless photographs of four contemporary photographers - exploring of their specific techniques and manipulation of light in and out of the darkroom. art + design
May 2014
SCALE: FEATURING n/a Wolfgang tillmans garry fabian miller gordon douglas ball james welling Sheet 48 front back LIGHT AS SUBJECT at the Resnick Pavilion, LA County Museum of Art THE MAKING OF CAMERALESS PHOTOGRAPHY