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Night and Day

Unique silver-gelatin paper negatives from camera obscura projections
32 in. x 80 in. (diptych)


These two images represent the same view made at opposite times of day. A bright day (left) presents
itself as a negative – complete with black sky – and was made with an exposure of less than a minute.
Conversely, the night image (right) took nearly ten hours to create, yet shows a blinding landscape
punctuated only by artificial lights.

They are shown in thier original orientation, as images enter the camera obscura
reversed and inverted.

Exhibited | Pinhole Invitational at Genesee Center for the Arts | Rochester, NY | Apr. 28 – Jun. 30, 2007