Ice
Photograph
1997 (made)
1997 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Susan Derges (born Britain, 1955) trained as a painter and is concerned with the creative interface between art and science. A period of living and studying in Japan led Derges to adopt photography as her principal means of expression. Her images are often formed as photograms directly onto positive photographic paper.
This is a small and delicate photogram of a block of ice. A photogram is a photograph made without a camera or a lens by placing an object or objects on top of a piece of paper or film coated with light-sensitive materials and then exposing the paper or film to light. Where the object covers the paper, the paper remains unexposed and light in tone: where it does not cover, the paper darkens. If the object is translucent, midtones appear. After exposure the paper is developed and fixed.
This is a small and delicate photogram of a block of ice. A photogram is a photograph made without a camera or a lens by placing an object or objects on top of a piece of paper or film coated with light-sensitive materials and then exposing the paper or film to light. Where the object covers the paper, the paper remains unexposed and light in tone: where it does not cover, the paper darkens. If the object is translucent, midtones appear. After exposure the paper is developed and fixed.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Ice (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Dye destruction print (Ilfochrome) |
| Brief description | Derges, Susan. 'Ice', 1997. Photogram |
| Physical description | Photograph of ice. The ice appears black with bubbles encased in the frozen water. |
| Dimensions |
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| Credit line | Given by Michael Hue-Williams and Susan Derges |
| Object history | Photogram of ice produced by the photographer Susan Derges, 1997 |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Susan Derges (born Britain, 1955) trained as a painter and is concerned with the creative interface between art and science. A period of living and studying in Japan led Derges to adopt photography as her principal means of expression. Her images are often formed as photograms directly onto positive photographic paper. This is a small and delicate photogram of a block of ice. A photogram is a photograph made without a camera or a lens by placing an object or objects on top of a piece of paper or film coated with light-sensitive materials and then exposing the paper or film to light. Where the object covers the paper, the paper remains unexposed and light in tone: where it does not cover, the paper darkens. If the object is translucent, midtones appear. After exposure the paper is developed and fixed. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.500-1998 |
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| Record created | September 15, 2003 |
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