Rimon (Pomegranate)
Photograph
2010 (photographed)
2010 (photographed)
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Photograph depicting a tree against a dark background. The tree bears red fruits (pomegranates) and lush green leaves.
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Title | Rimon (Pomegranate) (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | c-type print |
Brief description | Photograph, 'Rimon (Pomegranate)', c-type print, by Tal Shochat, Israel, 2011 |
Physical description | Photograph depicting a tree against a dark background. The tree bears red fruits (pomegranates) and lush green leaves. |
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Copy number | Edition 5 of 6 |
Gallery label | Shochat applies the conventions of studio portraiture to photographing trees. The first stage in her meticulous process is to identify the perfect specimen of a particular type of tree. When the fruit is at the height of maturity, she cleans the dust off the branches, leaves and fruit. Finally, Shochat photographs the tree, artificially lit and isolated against a black cloth background. The photographs present a view of nature that would never actually exist in a natural environment. The work highlights the tensions in photography between reality and artifice.
(Marta Weiss)(September 2012) |
Credit line | Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography at the V&A and the British Museum |
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Bibliographic reference | Light from the Middle East: New Photography |
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Accession number | E.1127-2012 |
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Record created | October 23, 2012 |
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