Photograph
- Place of origin:
Florence (photographed)
- Date:
ca.1978 (photographed)
- Artist/Maker:
Bedik, Amy, born 1953 (photographer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Gelatin-silver print from a negative made with a Diana camera
- Museum number:
E.3184-1990
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level F, case X, shelf 908, box B
Physical description
A black and white photograph of a sculpture of a horse in Boboli Gardens, Florence.
Place of Origin
Florence (photographed)
Date
ca.1978 (photographed)
Artist/maker
Bedik, Amy, born 1953 (photographer)
Materials and Techniques
Gelatin-silver print from a negative made with a Diana camera
Marks and inscriptions
'19 July 1980, For Chris - with very best wishes. Amy Bedik' and 'F.11/16 175'
Signed and inscribed on the back in pencil
Dimensions
Height: 23.9 cm size of image, Width: 23.8 cm size of image, Height: 35.4 cm size of sheet, Width: 27.7 cm size of sheet
Descriptive line
Photograph by Amy Bedik, untitled photograph of a sculpture of a horse in Boboli Gardens, Florence, gelatin-silver print from a negative made with a Diana camera, Florence, ca. 1978
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
Production Note
The Diana was a cheap 'disposable' camera with a plastic lens. The poor qualities of the lens are visible in the 'fall off' and pin cushioning effect seen on this print. Such 'deficiencies' were particularly prized for a period in the 1970s and were used as methods of drawing attention to the mediated nature of a medium usually considered to have highly immediate qualities.
Materials
Photographic paper
Techniques
Gelatin-silver
Subjects depicted
Sculpture; Horse
Categories
Photographs; Sculpture; Gardens & Gardening
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
